.NASA Administrator Bill Nelson launched his comments as organized Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Award event in Washington. The honors recognized the females who supported the room ethnicity, including the NASA mathematicians that helped land the very first astronauts on the Moon under the organization's Beauty Course." Really good mid-day." The remarkable things that NASA attains ... and also The United States achieves ... build on the leaders that happened just before our team." Individuals like the females of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo." Individuals like Mary Jackson. Physician Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Thanks to all the Members of Congress that made today feasible. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, who our team skip, and also that led the effort in 2019 together with Politician Chris Coons to take these awards to lifestyle. Thanks 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 females we recognize today made it possible for Earthlings to lift past the bounds of Earth, and also for eras of pioneers to adhere to." Our company did not come this much only ahead this much." Our team continue this tradition, being one participant of the viewers below along with our team performs every single time-- the remarkable Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has worked at NASA for nearly half a century, is the lead cpu for the Apollo sample system. She manages the Moon rocks and also lunar examples NASA restored coming from Apollo, 842 pounds of celestial scientific research! These samples are nationwide prizes. So is Andrea." The pioneers our experts recognize today, these Hidden Figures-- their courage as well as creativity brought our company to the Moon. And also their sessions, their legacy, will definitely deliver our company back to the Moon ... and then ... envision-- merely think of-- when our experts leave our impacts on the reddish sands of Mars." With the help of these folks who become part of our NASA family members, our experts will certainly continue to sail on the planetary ocean to far off planetary coasts.".For more information concerning NASA missions, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.