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NASA Shares Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Comments

.NASA Manager Costs Nelson released his opinions as planned for Wednesday's Hidden Designs Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Washington. The honors acknowledged the females who resulted in the room nationality, including the NASA maths wizzard that helped land the very first rocketeers on the Moon under the organization's Apollo Course." Good mid-day." The outstanding points that NASA obtains ... and also America accomplishes ... improve the pioneers who came just before our team." Individuals like the females of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo." Folks like Mary Jackson. Doctor Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Due to all the Members of Congress who created today achievable. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, who our company skip, as well as who led the initiative in 2019 together with Senator Chris Coons to bring these awards to life. With the help of the champions for the laws, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, and Congressman Frank Lucas." The ladies we honor today made it possible for Earthlings to elevate beyond the bounds of Earth, and also for age groups of innovators to adhere to." Our experts carried out not come this far simply to come this much." Our team proceed this heritage, being one member of the target market here along with us does each and every single time-- the amazing Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has worked at NASA for virtually 50 years, is the lead processor for the Apollo sample course. She supervises the Moon rocks as well as lunar samples NASA brought back from Beauty, 842 pounds of celestial scientific research! These examples are nationwide treasures. Therefore is actually Andrea." The leaders our team honor today, these Hidden Amounts-- their nerve as well as imagination took our company to the Moon. And their sessions, their legacy, are going to send our team back to the Moon ... and then ... visualize-- only visualize-- when our company leave our impacts on the reddish sands of Mars." With the help of these individuals who belong to our NASA family, our experts will remain to voyage on the grandiose ocean to far off planetary coasts.".For more information about NASA goals, see:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.