.NASA Supervisor Expense Nelson released his remarks as planned for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal service in Washington. The honors acknowledged the ladies that helped in the space nationality, featuring the NASA maths wizzard that helped land the 1st astronauts on the Moon under the firm's Beauty Program." Good afternoon." The remarkable factors that NASA achieves ... and also United States achieves ... build on the leaders that came before our company." Folks like the girls of Mercury, Gemini, and also Beauty." Folks like Mary Jackson. Physician Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Thanks to all the Legislators that made today achievable. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, who our team skip, and who led the initiative in 2019 alongside Politician Chris Coons to bring these medals to lifestyle. Because of the champs for the laws, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, and Congressman Frank Lucas." The women we honor today made it feasible for Earthlings to raise beyond the bounds of The planet, and also for generations of trendsetters to adhere to." Our company performed not happen this much only to come this far." We proceed this heritage, as being one participant of the reader below along with our team does every single time-- the amazing Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has worked at NASA for virtually 50 years, is actually the lead cpu for the Beauty sample program. She looks after the Moon stones as well as lunar examples NASA revived coming from Apollo, 842 pounds of celestial science! These examples are actually national jewels. Thus is Andrea." The leaders our company recognize today, these Hidden Figures-- their courage and also creativity took our company to the Moon. And also their trainings, their tradition, will certainly send our team back to the Moon ... and then ... think of-- simply visualize-- when our company leave our footprints on the reddish sands of Mars." With the help of these folks who belong to our NASA family members, our team will certainly remain to set sail on the cosmic ocean to away cosmic shores.".To read more 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.