.NASA Administrator Expense Nelson launched his opinions as organized Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Washington. The awards identified the females who added to the area race, featuring the NASA maths wizzard that assisted land the first rocketeers on the Moon under the agency's Apollo Program." Good afternoon." The exceptional things that NASA obtains ... which The United States achieves ... build on the pioneers who happened prior to our company." Folks like the ladies of Mercury, Gemini, and also Apollo." Individuals like Mary Jackson. Physician Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Due to all the Legislators who created today possible. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that we overlook, and also who led the effort in 2019 along with Legislator Chris Coons to deliver these awards to life. With the help of the champs for the regulations, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and also Shelley Moore Capito, and Congressman Frank Lucas." The women our company recognize today created it possible for Earthlings to raise past the bounds of The planet, and for generations of trailblazers to comply with." Our team did certainly not happen this much merely to find this much." We continue this tradition, as being one participant of the viewers here along with our company performs every single time-- the exceptional Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has worked at NASA for almost 50 years, is the lead processor for the Apollo example course. She looks after the Moon stones and lunar examples NASA brought back coming from Apollo, 842 pounds of holy scientific research! These examples are actually nationwide treasures. Thus is actually Andrea." The pioneers we recognize today, these Hidden Bodies-- their guts as well as creative imagination delivered our company to the Moon. And also their lessons, their legacy, will send our company back to the Moon ... and then ... imagine-- simply think of-- when our company leave our footprints on the red sands of Mars." Due to these individuals who are part of our NASA household, our experts will definitely remain to sail on the grandiose sea to away cosmic banks.".For more details regarding NASA goals, browse through:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.