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NASA Shares Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Medal Remarks

.NASA Manager Bill Nelson released his opinions as planned for Wednesday's Hidden Designs Congressional Gold Medal event in Washington. The awards acknowledged the women that contributed to the room race, consisting of the NASA mathematicians that assisted land the first rocketeers on the Moon under the agency's Beauty Program." Really good afternoon." The outstanding traits that NASA obtains ... which America achieves ... improve the leaders that happened before our team." Folks like the women of Mercury, Gemini, as well as Apollo." Individuals like Mary Jackson. Doctor Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Due to all the Legislators that produced today possible. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our experts skip, and also that led the attempt in 2019 along with Legislator Chris Coons to carry these medals to life. With the help of the champions for the regulations, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, and also Congressman Frank Lucas." The females our team recognize today made it possible for Earthlings to raise past the bounds of Earth, as well as for eras of pioneers to comply with." Our team did not happen this far just ahead this far." Our team proceed this heritage, being one participant of the viewers listed below with our team does each and every day-- the remarkable Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has actually worked at NASA for almost half a century, is the lead processor chip for the Beauty sample program. She supervises the Moon rocks as well as lunar examples NASA brought back coming from Apollo, 842 pounds of holy science! These examples are nationwide prizes. So is Andrea." The pioneers our team honor today, these Hidden Figures-- their tenacity and also creative imagination took our team to the Moon. And their sessions, their heritage, will definitely deliver our company back to the Moon ... and then ... visualize-- just imagine-- when we leave our impacts on the reddish sands of Mars." Because of these individuals who become part of our NASA loved ones, our team are going to continue to set sail on the planetary sea to away grandiose shores.".To learn more regarding NASA missions, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.