.NASA Administrator Costs Nelson released his comments as organized Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Washington. The honors identified the ladies that brought about the room race, including the NASA maths wizzard that aided land the very first astronauts on the Moon under the organization's Apollo Plan." Excellent mid-day." The amazing points that NASA attains ... and also United States obtains ... improve the pioneers that happened prior to us." People like the women of Mercury, Gemini, and also Apollo." Individuals like Mary Jackson. Physician Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Because of all the Legislators who produced today achievable. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our team overlook, and that led the attempt in 2019 together with Legislator Chris Coons to bring these medals to lifestyle. Due to the champions for the laws, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski as well as Shelley Moore Capito, and Congressman Frank Lucas." The females our company honor today made it feasible for Earthlings to raise beyond the bounds of Planet, and for ages of innovators to comply with." We carried out not come this far just ahead this far." Our company continue this tradition, being one member of the reader listed below along with us carries out each and every single day-- the outstanding Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has actually worked at NASA for almost half a century, is the lead processor for the Beauty sample program. She manages the Moon stones and lunar samples NASA recovered coming from Apollo, 842 pounds of holy science! These samples are national treasures. So is actually Andrea." The leaders we recognize today, these Hidden Figures-- their tenacity as well as creativity brought our company to the Moon. And their sessions, their heritage, will certainly deliver us back to the Moon ... and then ... think of-- just think of-- when our experts leave our impacts on the red sands of Mars." With the help of these people that belong to our NASA family members, our company will certainly remain to sail on the planetary ocean to far off planetary banks.".For additional information concerning NASA purposes, see:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.