.NASA Manager Bill Nelson discharged his remarks as planned for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal event in Washington. The honors identified the females that added to the room nationality, including the NASA mathematicians who aided land the initial rocketeers on the Moon under the company's Beauty System." Great mid-day." The exceptional points that NASA obtains ... and also America attains ... improve the trailblazers that happened before us." People like the women of Mercury, Gemini, as well as Apollo." Individuals like Mary Jackson. Physician Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Thanks to all the Members of Congress that created today possible. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our company miss, as well as who led the initiative in 2019 along with Legislator Chris Coons to take these awards to life. Due to the champions for the regulations, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, and also Congressman Frank Lucas." The females our company recognize today made it feasible for Earthlings to raise past the bounds of Planet, and also for ages of pioneers to adhere to." Our team carried out certainly not happen this much merely ahead this much." We continue this tradition, as being one member of the viewers here with our team performs every time-- the amazing Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has actually operated at NASA for nearly half a century, is actually the lead processor chip for the Apollo sample course. She supervises the Moon stones and lunar examples NASA rejuvenated from Apollo, 842 pounds of celestial scientific research! These samples are national treasures. Thus is actually Andrea." The trailblazers our team honor today, these Hidden Bodies-- their tenacity and also creativity took our company to the Moon. And their trainings, their legacy, are going to deliver our team back to the Moon ... and after that ... think of-- merely visualize-- when our company leave our impacts on the reddish sands of Mars." With the help of these folks that become part of our NASA family members, we are going to continue to sail on the cosmic sea to away grandiose coasts.".For more details about NASA missions, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.