.NASA Manager Expense Nelson launched his remarks as organized Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal event in Washington. The awards recognized the women who contributed to the room nationality, featuring the NASA maths wizzard who helped land the 1st astronauts on the Moon under the firm's Beauty Course." Really good mid-day." The amazing points that NASA attains ... which United States accomplishes ... build on the pioneers that came just before our team." Folks like the ladies of Mercury, Gemini, and also Apollo." Individuals like Mary Jackson. Physician Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Due to all the Legislators who made today achievable. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that we skip, and who led the initiative in 2019 together with Legislator Chris Coons to deliver these medals to lifestyle. Due to the champs for the regulation, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and also Shelley Moore Capito, as well as Congressman Frank Lucas." The females our experts honor today made it achievable for Earthlings to lift beyond the bounds of Planet, and also for age groups of trailblazers to adhere to." Our experts did certainly not happen this far simply to find this much." Our team proceed this heritage, as being one member of the audience below with us carries out every day-- the impressive Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has actually operated at NASA for virtually 50 years, is the lead cpu for the Beauty example plan. She manages the Moon rocks and also lunar samples NASA restored coming from Beauty, 842 extra pounds of holy science! These samples are actually national jewels. Thus is actually Andrea." The leaders we recognize today, these Hidden Figures-- their nerve and also imagination delivered our team to the Moon. And their lessons, their heritage, are going to send our team back to the Moon ... and after that ... picture-- merely visualize-- when our team leave our footprints on the red sands of Mars." With the help of these people who belong to our NASA household, we will certainly remain to sail on the planetary ocean to away planetary shores.".For additional information regarding NASA purposes, check out:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.