.NASA Manager Expense Nelson discharged his remarks as planned for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Medal ceremony in Washington. The awards identified the females that helped in the area nationality, featuring the NASA maths wizzard who assisted land the very first rocketeers on the Moon under the firm's Apollo Course." Excellent afternoon." The outstanding traits that NASA obtains ... and that America attains ... build on the pioneers that came prior to us." Individuals like the women of Mercury, Gemini, as well as Beauty." People like Mary Jackson. Physician Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Thanks to all the Politicians that created today feasible. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our company miss, and also who led the attempt in 2019 together with Legislator Chris Coons to take these awards to lifestyle. Thanks to the champs for the laws, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and also Shelley Moore Capito, and also Congressman Frank Lucas." The women we honor today made it possible for Earthlings to lift beyond the bounds of Earth, and also for generations of trailblazers to follow." We performed not happen this far merely to find this far." We continue this tradition, as being one member of the reader listed below along with our company carries out every time-- the exceptional Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has actually worked at NASA for virtually half a century, is the lead processor for the Apollo example system. She oversees the Moon rocks and lunar examples NASA brought back from Beauty, 842 extra pounds of holy science! These examples are nationwide prizes. Therefore is actually Andrea." The pioneers we recognize today, these Hidden Amounts-- their nerve as well as imagination carried our company to the Moon. As well as their lessons, their heritage, will certainly send our company back to the Moon ... and after that ... imagine-- simply picture-- when our team leave our footprints on the reddish sands of Mars." Because of these people who become part of our NASA household, our team will definitely remain to set sail on the planetary sea to away cosmic banks.".To find out more concerning 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.