.NASA Administrator Expense Nelson discharged his opinions as gotten ready for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Medal event in Washington. The awards recognized the ladies that helped in the area ethnicity, featuring the NASA mathematicians that helped land the first astronauts on the Moon under the firm's Apollo Course." Excellent afternoon." The amazing traits that NASA obtains ... and also America achieves ... improve the leaders that came prior to our company." Individuals like the ladies of Mercury, Gemini, and also Beauty." Individuals like Mary Jackson. Physician Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Thanks to all the Politicians who created today achievable. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our experts skip, as well as who led the attempt in 2019 together with Legislator Chris Coons to deliver these awards to life. With the help of the champions for the legislation, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and also Shelley Moore Capito, and Congressman Frank Lucas." The girls our company honor today made it achievable for Earthlings to lift beyond the bounds of Planet, and for ages of innovators to observe." Our company performed certainly not happen this much just to follow this far." Our team proceed this heritage, as being one member of the reader listed below along with our company carries out each and every day-- the outstanding Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has actually worked at NASA for virtually half a century, is actually the lead processor for the Apollo example program. She supervises the Moon stones as well as lunar samples NASA recovered coming from Apollo, 842 extra pounds of holy science! These samples are nationwide jewels. So is Andrea." The trailblazers we honor today, these Hidden Numbers-- their courage as well as imagination delivered our team to the Moon. And their lessons, their tradition, will definitely send us back to the Moon ... and afterwards ... imagine-- simply imagine-- when our company leave our impacts on the red sands of Mars." With the help of these individuals who belong to our NASA loved ones, our company will definitely continue to set sail on the cosmic sea to far off grandiose banks.".For additional information about NASA purposes, check out:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.