.NASA Manager Expense Nelson launched his remarks as prepared for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Medal ceremony in Washington. The honors recognized the women that contributed to the area race, including the NASA maths wizzard that assisted land the first astronauts on the Moon under the organization's Apollo Plan." Great mid-day." The amazing points that NASA achieves ... and also The United States achieves ... improve the leaders that happened before our company." Individuals like the ladies of Mercury, Gemini, as well as Apollo." People like Mary Jackson. Doctor Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Because of all the Politicians who produced today possible. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our experts miss out on, and also who led the initiative in 2019 alongside Senator Chris Coons to carry these medals to life. Because of the champs for the regulations, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, as well as Congressman Frank Lucas." The girls we honor today made it achievable for Earthlings to elevate past the bounds of The planet, and for age groups of pioneers to adhere to." Our team did not come this much only to follow this much." Our experts continue this legacy, as being one member of the viewers listed below with our company carries out every day-- the outstanding Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has actually operated at NASA for nearly half a century, is actually the lead cpu for the Apollo sample course. She supervises the Moon stones as well as lunar samples NASA recovered coming from Beauty, 842 pounds of celestial science! These samples are actually national prizes. So is Andrea." The trailblazers our experts honor today, these Hidden Bodies-- their guts and also creative imagination carried our team to the Moon. And their sessions, their heritage, will definitely send us back to the Moon ... and then ... imagine-- only think of-- when our company leave our impacts on the reddish sands of Mars." With the help of these individuals that are part of our NASA loved ones, we will definitely continue to cruise on the cosmic ocean to far off planetary banks.".For additional information about 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.