.NASA Manager Bill Nelson launched his comments as prepared for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Medal ceremony in Washington. The awards realized the women who resulted in the area nationality, consisting of the NASA maths wizzard that assisted land the 1st rocketeers on the Moon under the company's Beauty Program." Really good mid-day." The remarkable factors that NASA achieves ... and that America attains ... build on the leaders that came just before our team." Folks like the women of Mercury, Gemini, and also Beauty." People like Mary Jackson. Physician Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Because of all the Politicians who created today possible. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our experts miss, and also who led the initiative in 2019 together with Politician Chris Coons to take these medals to lifestyle. Thanks to the champs for the laws, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski as well as Shelley Moore Capito, and Congressman Frank Lucas." The girls our experts honor today created it possible for Earthlings to raise past the bounds of Earth, and also for ages of trailblazers to adhere to." Our experts carried out certainly not come this far just to come this far." We continue this heritage, as one member of the reader below with us performs every single time-- the outstanding Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has actually worked at NASA for virtually half a century, is actually the lead processor chip for the Beauty example system. She manages the Moon rocks as well as lunar samples NASA recovered from Apollo, 842 extra pounds of celestial science! These samples are actually nationwide prizes. Thus is actually Andrea." The pioneers our company recognize today, these Hidden Amounts-- their courage and creative imagination delivered our team to the Moon. And their lessons, their heritage, will certainly send us back to the Moon ... and then ... picture-- just visualize-- when our company leave our footprints on the red sands of Mars." Because of these folks that belong to our NASA family members, we will certainly remain to voyage on the planetary ocean to far off planetary banks.".To find out more concerning NASA objectives, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.