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NASA Shares Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Medal Comments

.NASA Supervisor Expense Nelson discharged his statements as organized Wednesday's Hidden Designs Congressional Gold Award service in Washington. The awards realized the females who brought about the area ethnicity, featuring the NASA mathematicians that helped land the 1st rocketeers on the Moon under the agency's Beauty Plan." Excellent mid-day." The impressive traits that NASA achieves ... and that America obtains ... build on the leaders that came before our team." Folks like the women of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo." Individuals like Mary Jackson. Dr. Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." With the help of all the Legislators that created today feasible. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, who our company overlook, as well as who led the effort in 2019 alongside Legislator Chris Coons to take these medals to life. Because of the champions for the regulations, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski as well as Shelley Moore Capito, as well as Congressman Frank Lucas." The girls our experts recognize today created it possible for Earthlings to elevate beyond the bounds of The planet, and for ages of trailblazers to follow." Our company did certainly not happen this far only ahead this far." Our experts continue this heritage, as one member of the viewers right here with our company performs each and every single time-- the exceptional Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has operated at NASA for almost half a century, is the lead cpu for the Apollo example plan. She manages the Moon stones as well as lunar samples NASA revived from Beauty, 842 extra pounds of celestial scientific research! These samples are actually national prizes. Therefore is Andrea." The pioneers we recognize today, these Hidden Bodies-- their guts and also imagination carried our company to the Moon. And also their lessons, their legacy, will send our company back to the Moon ... and after that ... envision-- just visualize-- when our team leave our footprints on the red sands of Mars." Due to these folks that belong to our NASA household, our company will continue to voyage on the grandiose ocean to far off grandiose shores.".To learn more regarding NASA objectives, see:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.