.NASA Manager Bill Nelson discharged his opinions as prepared for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Washington. The honors identified the ladies who contributed to the space ethnicity, featuring the NASA maths wizzard that aided land the first astronauts on the Moon under the firm's Apollo Program." Good afternoon." The amazing factors that NASA achieves ... and also United States obtains ... improve the trailblazers who came before our company." Individuals like the women of Mercury, Gemini, and also Beauty." Folks like Mary Jackson. Dr. Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Because of all the Legislators that made today achievable. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, who our experts overlook, as well as that led the initiative in 2019 alongside Legislator Chris Coons to deliver these awards to lifestyle. Thanks to the champs for the laws, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, and Congressman Frank Lucas." The women we honor today created it feasible for Earthlings to raise past the bounds of Planet, and also for generations of pioneers to follow." Our experts did not happen this much merely to find this far." Our company proceed this tradition, being one member of the viewers listed here along with us performs each and every single time-- the exceptional Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has worked at NASA for virtually 50 years, is the lead processor for the Apollo sample course. She supervises the Moon stones as well as lunar samples NASA brought back coming from Beauty, 842 pounds of holy science! These examples are nationwide treasures. Therefore is actually Andrea." The leaders our experts honor today, these Hidden Bodies-- their courage and creativity carried our team to the Moon. And also their trainings, their tradition, are going to send our company back to the Moon ... and after that ... think of-- just visualize-- when our team leave our footprints on the reddish sands of Mars." Because of these individuals who are part of our NASA household, we will certainly continue to sail on the grandiose sea to away planetary coasts.".To read more concerning NASA missions, browse through:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.