.NASA Manager Costs Nelson launched his remarks as organized Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Award ceremony in Washington. The honors acknowledged the women that resulted in the area race, consisting of the NASA mathematicians who assisted land the very first astronauts on the Moon under the agency's Apollo System." Great afternoon." The outstanding traits that NASA accomplishes ... and also United States attains ... improve the leaders who happened before us." Individuals like the females of Mercury, Gemini, as well as Beauty." Folks like Mary Jackson. Physician Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Because of all the Legislators who produced today possible. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, who our company skip, and that led the initiative in 2019 alongside Senator Chris Coons to carry these awards to life. With the help of the champs for the laws, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, and Congressman Frank Lucas." The women our experts recognize today created it possible for Earthlings to elevate beyond the bounds of The planet, as well as for generations of innovators to observe." Our company performed certainly not happen this far merely to find this much." Our company continue this tradition, being one member of the reader below with us performs every single time-- the exceptional Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has worked at NASA for virtually half a century, is actually the lead processor for the Apollo example course. She supervises the Moon rocks and also lunar samples NASA rejuvenated coming from Beauty, 842 pounds of celestial science! These samples are nationwide jewels. Thus is Andrea." The trailblazers we recognize today, these Hidden Numbers-- their tenacity and also creative imagination brought our team to the Moon. And their lessons, their heritage, will certainly deliver our company back to the Moon ... and then ... visualize-- simply visualize-- when we leave our footprints on the red sands of Mars." Due to these people that become part of our NASA household, our team are going to remain to sail on the planetary sea to far off planetary banks.".To learn more concerning NASA objectives, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.