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NASA Shares Hidden Designs Legislative Gold Medal Statements

.NASA Administrator Costs Nelson discharged his comments as prepared for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Award event in Washington. The honors recognized the girls who contributed to the area race, featuring the NASA mathematicians that aided land the very first rocketeers on the Moon under the organization's Beauty Program." Excellent mid-day." The exceptional factors that NASA accomplishes ... and that The United States achieves ... build on the pioneers that happened just before us." Folks like the ladies of Mercury, Gemini, and Beauty." Folks like Mary Jackson. Doctor Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Because of all the Legislators who produced today feasible. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our company miss, and who led the attempt in 2019 alongside Politician Chris Coons to bring these medals to lifestyle. With the help of the champs 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 feasible for Earthlings to raise past the bounds of Earth, and also for age groups of innovators to observe." Our team carried out not come this much just to come this far." Our company proceed this tradition, being one member of the viewers listed here with us carries out each and every day-- the exceptional Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has worked at NASA for virtually 50 years, is actually the lead processor chip for the Beauty example plan. She looks after the Moon rocks and lunar samples NASA restored coming from Apollo, 842 extra pounds of celestial scientific research! These samples are actually nationwide treasures. Thus is Andrea." The trailblazers our team recognize today, these Hidden Bodies-- their tenacity and creativity brought our company to the Moon. And also their trainings, their legacy, will send us back to the Moon ... and then ... visualize-- merely picture-- when our company leave our footprints on the red sands of Mars." Thanks to these folks that belong to our NASA household, our company will certainly remain to cruise on the grandiose ocean to far off planetary shores.".For more details regarding NASA goals, check out:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.