.NASA Supervisor Costs Nelson discharged his comments as prepared for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Medal ceremony in Washington. The awards acknowledged the girls that added to the space race, featuring the NASA maths wizzard who assisted land the 1st astronauts on the Moon under the company's Apollo Plan." Great afternoon." The amazing points that NASA accomplishes ... and also America accomplishes ... build on the pioneers who came before our company." Individuals like the girls of Mercury, Gemini, as well as Apollo." People like Mary Jackson. Dr. Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." With the help of all the Members of Congress who made today possible. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our company overlook, and also who led the attempt in 2019 together with Legislator Chris Coons to carry these awards to life. Because of the champs for the regulations, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and also Shelley Moore Capito, and Congressman Frank Lucas." The ladies our experts recognize today created it possible for Earthlings to elevate beyond the bounds of Planet, and for eras of innovators to adhere to." Our experts carried out certainly not happen this much simply to find this much." Our team continue this heritage, as one member of the viewers here along with our team carries out every time-- the outstanding Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has actually worked at NASA for nearly 50 years, is actually the lead processor chip for the Apollo sample course. She oversees the Moon stones and also lunar samples NASA restored coming from Beauty, 842 pounds of holy scientific research! These examples are actually nationwide jewels. So is Andrea." The leaders our team recognize today, these Hidden Bodies-- their courage as well as imagination carried us to the Moon. And also their sessions, their tradition, will certainly send us back to the Moon ... and after that ... visualize-- simply picture-- when we leave our footprints on the red sands of Mars." Due to these individuals who belong to our NASA household, our experts are going to continue to cruise on the planetary ocean to away cosmic coasts.".To find out more concerning NASA missions, check out:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.