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NASA Shares Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Award Remarks

.NASA Manager Costs Nelson released his statements as prepared for Wednesday's Hidden Designs Congressional Gold Award event in Washington. The awards realized the females that added to the area nationality, featuring the NASA mathematicians who assisted land the first astronauts on the Moon under the agency's Beauty System." Good mid-day." The remarkable traits that NASA obtains ... and also America obtains ... improve the trailblazers that happened just before our team." Folks like the ladies of Mercury, Gemini, and also Apollo." Folks like Mary Jackson. Doctor Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." With the help of all the Politicians that produced today possible. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that we overlook, and also who led the initiative in 2019 alongside Statesman Chris Coons to deliver these awards to lifestyle. Because of the champions for the laws, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, as well as Congressman Frank Lucas." The females we recognize today created it feasible for Earthlings to raise beyond the bounds of The planet, and also for ages of trailblazers to adhere to." Our team carried out certainly not come this much just to follow this much." Our company proceed this tradition, as being one member of the reader below along with us does each and every single day-- the outstanding Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has operated at NASA for virtually 50 years, is actually the lead processor chip for the Beauty example system. She oversees the Moon rocks and lunar samples NASA restored coming from Apollo, 842 extra pounds of holy scientific research! These samples are nationwide treasures. Therefore is actually Andrea." The pioneers our company recognize today, these Hidden Numbers-- their nerve and also creativity delivered our company to the Moon. As well as their trainings, their heritage, are going to send our company back to the Moon ... and afterwards ... envision-- merely imagine-- when our experts leave our impacts on the reddish sands of Mars." With the help of these folks that are part of our NASA family members, our team will certainly remain to sail on the cosmic sea to far off cosmic banks.".For more details about NASA goals, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.