.NASA Administrator Bill Nelson discharged his opinions as planned for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Medal ceremony in Washington. The awards acknowledged the ladies who contributed to the room nationality, including the NASA mathematicians that aided land the initial rocketeers on the Moon under the agency's Apollo Plan." Excellent afternoon." The amazing things that NASA accomplishes ... which United States achieves ... build on the trailblazers who came before our team." People like the females of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo." Folks like Mary Jackson. Dr. Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Because of all the Members of Congress that produced today possible. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, who our experts miss, and also that led the attempt in 2019 together with Statesman Chris Coons to deliver these medals to life. With the help of the champs for the laws, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, and also Congressman Frank Lucas." The girls our company honor today made it achievable for Earthlings to lift beyond the bounds of The planet, and also for generations of trailblazers to observe." Our team did not come this much just ahead this much." Our company continue this heritage, as one participant of the target market listed here with us does each and every single time-- the exceptional Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has operated at NASA for nearly half a century, is actually the lead processor for the Beauty example system. She supervises the Moon rocks as well as lunar examples NASA restored coming from Beauty, 842 extra pounds of celestial scientific research! These samples are actually nationwide jewels. Therefore is Andrea." The pioneers we recognize today, these Hidden Numbers-- their guts as well as imagination brought us to the Moon. And also their trainings, their heritage, are going to send us back to the Moon ... and afterwards ... envision-- just visualize-- when our team leave our impacts on the red sands of Mars." Thanks to these people who are part of our NASA family, our experts are going to continue to sail on the cosmic sea to far off planetary coasts.".For additional information regarding NASA purposes, browse through:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.