.NASA Supervisor Bill Nelson launched his remarks as planned for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal service in Washington. The awards identified the ladies that resulted in the area race, consisting of the NASA maths wizzard that helped land the very first rocketeers on the Moon under the organization's Apollo Program." Excellent afternoon." The exceptional factors that NASA accomplishes ... and that United States attains ... improve the trailblazers who happened just before our team." People like the women of Mercury, Gemini, and Beauty." Individuals like Mary Jackson. Doctor Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Thanks to all the Legislators who produced today feasible. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that we miss, and that led the attempt in 2019 along with Statesman Chris Coons to deliver these awards to lifestyle. Because of the champions for the laws, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski as well as Shelley Moore Capito, as well as Congressman Frank Lucas." The girls our team recognize today made it possible for Earthlings to elevate beyond the bounds of The planet, and for eras of innovators to adhere to." Our company carried out not happen this much merely to find this far." We continue this tradition, as being one participant of the reader listed here with us does every time-- the outstanding Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has worked at NASA for almost 50 years, is actually the lead cpu for the Beauty example plan. She looks after the Moon stones and lunar examples NASA revived from Beauty, 842 pounds of holy science! These examples are actually national prizes. Therefore is Andrea." The pioneers our company recognize today, these Hidden Numbers-- their guts and imagination carried us to the Moon. As well as their courses, their heritage, will deliver our team back to the Moon ... and after that ... visualize-- only think of-- when our company leave our footprints on the reddish sands of Mars." With the help of these individuals who belong to our NASA family, we are going to continue to voyage on the planetary ocean to away planetary shores.".To find out more about NASA missions, check out:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.