.NASA Administrator Costs Nelson released his opinions as prepared for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Award service in Washington. The honors recognized the ladies that supported the room race, featuring the NASA maths wizzard who assisted land the first astronauts on the Moon under the company's Apollo Course." Really good afternoon." The exceptional things that NASA attains ... which The United States accomplishes ... build on the pioneers who came before our team." Folks like the women of Mercury, Gemini, and also Beauty." Individuals like Mary Jackson. Dr. Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Due to all the Members of Congress who produced today achievable. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that we miss, and that led the effort in 2019 along with Senator Chris Coons to take these awards to lifestyle. Thanks to the champions for the laws, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, and also Congressman Frank Lucas." The women our team honor today made it feasible for Earthlings to elevate beyond the bounds of Earth, and for ages of pioneers to observe." Our experts did certainly not come this far simply to find this far." We proceed this tradition, as being one member of the viewers right here along with our company does every single time-- the exceptional Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has actually operated at NASA for nearly 50 years, is actually the lead cpu for the Apollo example system. She manages the Moon rocks and also lunar samples NASA restored coming from Apollo, 842 extra pounds of celestial science! These examples are nationwide prizes. Therefore is actually Andrea." The trailblazers our team honor today, these Hidden Figures-- their nerve and creativity took our team to the Moon. And their trainings, their legacy, will definitely send our company back to the Moon ... and after that ... picture-- only envision-- when we leave our footprints on the reddish sands of Mars." Due to these folks who are part of our NASA family members, our team will certainly continue to set sail on the grandiose sea to far off grandiose banks.".For additional information about NASA purposes, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.