.NASA Administrator Expense Nelson discharged his remarks as planned for Wednesday's Hidden Designs Congressional Gold Medal event in Washington. The honors realized the ladies who helped in the room race, consisting of the NASA mathematicians who aided land the 1st astronauts on the Moon under the agency's Beauty Program." Really good afternoon." The impressive points that NASA accomplishes ... and also America accomplishes ... improve the pioneers that happened prior to our team." Folks like the females of Mercury, Gemini, and also Apollo." People like Mary Jackson. Dr. Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Because of all the Members of Congress who produced today possible. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our team skip, as well as that led the attempt in 2019 alongside Statesman Chris Coons to deliver these medals to life. Because of the champs for the regulations, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski as well as Shelley Moore Capito, as well as Congressman Frank Lucas." The girls we recognize today made it achievable for Earthlings to raise beyond the bounds of The planet, as well as for ages of trendsetters to comply with." Our experts performed certainly not happen this much only to come this far." Our experts continue this legacy, being one member of the target market below with our company does every single day-- the exceptional Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has actually operated at NASA for virtually half a century, is actually the lead processor chip for the Apollo example course. She looks after the Moon stones as well as lunar examples NASA brought back from Apollo, 842 pounds of celestial science! These examples are actually national prizes. Thus is actually Andrea." The pioneers our experts recognize today, these Hidden Amounts-- their courage and creative imagination delivered our company to the Moon. And their trainings, their heritage, will send our company back to the Moon ... and then ... visualize-- merely picture-- when our team leave our footprints on the red sands of Mars." Thanks to these individuals who become part of our NASA family members, our company will certainly remain to cruise on the grandiose sea to far off planetary banks.".To find out more concerning NASA purposes, go to:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.