.NASA Administrator Expense Nelson launched his statements as planned for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Washington. The awards identified the girls who resulted in the area ethnicity, including the NASA maths wizzard that aided land the 1st rocketeers on the Moon under the firm's Apollo Program." Excellent afternoon." The amazing things that NASA achieves ... and that United States attains ... build on the pioneers who came prior to us." Individuals like the girls of Mercury, Gemini, and Beauty." Individuals like Mary Jackson. Dr. Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Due to all the Politicians who produced today feasible. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our company overlook, as well as who led the initiative in 2019 along with Senator Chris Coons to take these awards to lifestyle. With the help of the champs for the laws, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and also Shelley Moore Capito, and Congressman Frank Lucas." The ladies we recognize today made it possible for Earthlings to lift past the bounds of Planet, as well as for eras of innovators to follow." Our team performed certainly not come this far merely to come this much." Our team proceed this heritage, being one participant of the audience listed below with us does each and every day-- the remarkable Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has operated at NASA for almost 50 years, is the lead processor for the Beauty sample plan. She looks after the Moon rocks and also lunar examples NASA brought back coming from Beauty, 842 pounds of holy science! These examples are national treasures. So is actually Andrea." The trailblazers we honor today, these Hidden Figures-- their courage and also imagination delivered our company to the Moon. And their courses, their tradition, are going to send our company back to the Moon ... and after that ... visualize-- merely think of-- when our company leave our impacts on the red sands of Mars." Due to these people who belong to our NASA loved ones, our experts are going to remain to cruise on the planetary sea to away planetary banks.".To learn more concerning NASA objectives, browse through:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.