.NASA Supervisor Expense Nelson discharged his statements as planned for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Award ceremony in Washington. The honors identified the girls that brought about the space race, consisting of the NASA mathematicians that helped land the initial astronauts on the Moon under the agency's Beauty Program." Good mid-day." The remarkable traits that NASA obtains ... and also America accomplishes ... build on the leaders that came prior to our company." People like the ladies of Mercury, Gemini, and Beauty." People like Mary Jackson. Dr. Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Due to all the Legislators that produced today possible. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our team skip, and who led the attempt in 2019 together with Senator Chris Coons to bring these medals to lifestyle. Due to the champions for the laws, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, as well as Congressman Frank Lucas." The women our experts honor today created it feasible for Earthlings to lift beyond the bounds of Planet, and for ages of trendsetters to comply with." We did certainly not come this far only to follow this much." Our team proceed this legacy, being one participant of the audience below along with us does every day-- the impressive Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has operated at NASA for nearly 50 years, is actually the lead processor for the Beauty example system. She supervises the Moon stones and also lunar examples NASA revived coming from Beauty, 842 pounds of holy scientific research! These samples are actually national treasures. Therefore is actually Andrea." The pioneers our team honor today, these Hidden Bodies-- their tenacity and also imagination carried our company to the Moon. And their trainings, their heritage, are going to send us back to the Moon ... and afterwards ... imagine-- only think of-- when our team leave our footprints on the red sands of Mars." Due to these individuals who become part of our NASA family, our team will certainly continue to voyage on the planetary sea to far off planetary banks.".To read more concerning NASA goals, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.