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NASA to Join Hidden Bodies Legislative Gold Award Ceremony

.NASA Administrator Expense Nelson will definitely work with the agency during the course of a Legislative Gold Medal event at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, acknowledging the women that contributed to the area race, featuring the NASA mathematicians who assisted land the 1st astronauts on the Moon under the agency's Apollo Plan.Thrown by Home Speaker Mike Johnson, the Congressional Gold Medal Service will definitely occur inside Liberation Hall at the United State Capitol in Washington. Nelson is counted on to be one of the sound speakers.The celebration will flow survive the sound speaker's YouTube network. The agency will share a direct web link on this advisory in advance of the celebration.Media without existing legislative credentials on capital interested in joining the event should RSVP through Sept. 13, to Abby Ronson at: abby.ronson@mail.house.gov.Award Information.Launched through Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson on Feb. 27, 2019, H.R. 1396-- Concealed Bodies Congressional Gold Medal Act-- was authorized into regulation later that year. Honors will definitely consist of:.Congressional Gold Award to Katherine Johnson, in awareness of her service to the USA as a mathematician.Legislative Gold Medal to Doctor Christine Darden, for her company to the United States as an aeronautical engineer.Legislative Gold Medals in ceremony of the everyday lives of Dorothy Vaughan and also Mary Jackson, in recognition of their service to the United States during the room nationality.Legislative Gold Medal in awareness of all the females who served as pcs, maths wizzard, and developers at the National Advisory Board for Air Transportation as well as NASA in between the 1930s as well as the 1970s.For additional information concerning NASA objectives, browse through:.https://www.nasa.gov.- side-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.