.NASA Administrator Costs Nelson discharged his statements as planned for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Washington. The awards realized the females who resulted in the area nationality, consisting of the NASA mathematicians that aided land the 1st astronauts on the Moon under the firm's Apollo Program." Good mid-day." The impressive factors that NASA attains ... and also America attains ... build on the pioneers that came just before our company." People like the girls of Mercury, Gemini, and also Apollo." Folks like Mary Jackson. Physician Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Due to all the Legislators that made today feasible. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our experts miss, and that led the attempt in 2019 along with Senator Chris Coons to carry these awards to life. Thanks to the champions for the regulations, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, as well as Congressman Frank Lucas." The girls our company recognize today made it possible for Earthlings to lift beyond the bounds of Planet, and also for ages of trendsetters to comply with." Our team did not come this much just ahead this far." Our team proceed this legacy, being one member of the target market right here along with us performs each and every time-- the amazing Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has actually worked at NASA for nearly 50 years, is actually the lead cpu for the Apollo sample program. She looks after the Moon rocks and lunar samples NASA recovered coming from Beauty, 842 pounds of holy scientific research! These examples are actually nationwide prizes. So is actually Andrea." The trailblazers our experts honor today, these Hidden Figures-- their courage as well as imagination took our team to the Moon. As well as their courses, their tradition, will definitely send our company back to the Moon ... and afterwards ... visualize-- simply visualize-- when we leave our impacts on the reddish sands of Mars." Thanks to these people who are part of our NASA loved ones, we will continue to voyage on the planetary ocean to away planetary banks.".For additional information concerning NASA purposes, go to:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.