.NASA Administrator Costs Nelson launched his comments as organized Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Award ceremony in Washington. The honors realized the females who resulted in the area nationality, consisting of the NASA maths wizzard that aided land the first rocketeers on the Moon under the firm's Apollo Course." Good afternoon." The exceptional points that NASA achieves ... which The United States accomplishes ... build on the pioneers who came just before us." Individuals like the women of Mercury, Gemini, and also Apollo." Folks like Mary Jackson. Physician Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Because of all the Politicians who created today feasible. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that we overlook, and who led the attempt in 2019 alongside Statesman Chris Coons to carry these medals to life. Thanks to the champs for the regulation, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, and Congressman Frank Lucas." The females our company recognize today made it possible for Earthlings to raise beyond the bounds of Planet, and also for age groups of trendsetters to follow." Our company did certainly not happen this much simply ahead this far." We proceed this heritage, as one participant of the reader below along with our team performs each and every day-- the amazing Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has actually worked at NASA for nearly half a century, is actually the lead processor for the Beauty sample plan. She supervises the Moon rocks and also lunar examples NASA recovered from Apollo, 842 pounds of holy scientific research! These examples are actually nationwide jewels. Therefore is Andrea." The pioneers our experts honor today, these Hidden Amounts-- their tenacity and imagination delivered our team to the Moon. And their lessons, their legacy, will definitely deliver us back to the Moon ... and after that ... think of-- simply imagine-- when our company leave our impacts on the reddish sands of Mars." Because of these folks that are part of our NASA family members, our company will certainly continue to set sail on the cosmic ocean to far off cosmic shores.".To read more regarding NASA purposes, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.