.NASA Manager Costs Nelson launched his comments as gotten ready for Wednesday's Hidden Designs Congressional Gold Award ceremony in Washington. The honors identified the females that contributed to the space nationality, including the NASA maths wizzard who aided land the very first astronauts on the Moon under the agency's Beauty Program." Great afternoon." The remarkable traits that NASA obtains ... and that United States attains ... build on the trailblazers who happened just before our company." Folks like the ladies of Mercury, Gemini, and also Beauty." People like Mary Jackson. Doctor Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Due to all the Legislators who created today feasible. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our experts overlook, and who led the effort in 2019 together with Politician Chris Coons to take these medals to life. Due to the champs for the regulations, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski as well as Shelley Moore Capito, and also Congressman Frank Lucas." The girls our company recognize today created it possible for Earthlings to elevate beyond the bounds of Earth, and for age groups of innovators to follow." Our team performed certainly not come this far just to come this much." Our team proceed this tradition, being one member of the viewers listed below with our company carries out every day-- the exceptional Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has operated at NASA for almost half a century, is actually the lead processor chip for the Apollo sample system. She supervises the Moon rocks and also lunar samples NASA brought back from Beauty, 842 pounds of celestial science! These samples are nationwide treasures. So is Andrea." The pioneers our experts recognize today, these Hidden Figures-- their courage and also imagination carried our team to the Moon. And also their trainings, their tradition, will send our company back to the Moon ... and after that ... envision-- just visualize-- when we leave our footprints on the red sands of Mars." Due to these individuals who are part of our NASA loved ones, our company are going to continue to cruise on the cosmic sea to far off cosmic shores.".For more information about NASA objectives, go to:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.