.NASA Manager Costs Nelson launched his comments as planned for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Medal event in Washington. The honors acknowledged the girls who contributed to the room ethnicity, consisting of the NASA mathematicians that helped land the very first astronauts on the Moon under the firm's Apollo Plan." Good afternoon." The impressive factors that NASA achieves ... and that United States obtains ... improve the leaders that happened before us." People like the ladies of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo." People like Mary Jackson. Dr. Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." With the help of all the Members of Congress who created today achievable. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, who we miss out on, and also who led the attempt in 2019 along with Legislator Chris Coons to bring these awards to lifestyle. Due to the champions for the regulations, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, and also Congressman Frank Lucas." The girls we recognize today created it possible for Earthlings to elevate beyond the bounds of The planet, and also for ages of pioneers to follow." Our experts performed certainly not happen this much merely to follow this far." We proceed this legacy, being one participant of the target market listed below along with us performs each and every single day-- the exceptional Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has operated at NASA for nearly half a century, is the lead processor chip for the Apollo sample system. She oversees the Moon rocks and lunar examples NASA restored coming from Beauty, 842 extra pounds of holy science! These examples are national jewels. So is actually Andrea." The leaders our experts honor today, these Hidden Numbers-- their courage and also creative imagination carried our team to the Moon. And their sessions, their tradition, will definitely send our team back to the Moon ... and after that ... picture-- merely envision-- when our team leave our footprints on the reddish sands of Mars." Because of these folks who belong to our NASA household, our experts will certainly continue to set sail on the grandiose ocean to away grandiose banks.".To read more concerning NASA objectives, go to:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.