.NASA Administrator Bill Nelson launched his comments as organized Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Award ceremony in Washington. The awards acknowledged the girls that brought about the area race, consisting of the NASA maths wizzard that helped land the initial astronauts on the Moon under the agency's Beauty System." Really good mid-day." The amazing points that NASA achieves ... and that America obtains ... build on the leaders who happened prior to us." Individuals like the ladies of Mercury, Gemini, and also Beauty." People like Mary Jackson. Doctor Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." With the help of all the Members of Congress that made today achievable. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our team miss, and also that led the initiative in 2019 together with Statesman Chris Coons to deliver these medals to life. With the help of the champs for the laws, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, and also Congressman Frank Lucas." The women our company recognize today created it feasible for Earthlings to raise beyond the bounds of Planet, and for age groups of trendsetters to observe." Our team performed certainly not happen this far merely to come this far." Our team continue this tradition, being one member of the viewers right here with our team carries out each and every single day-- the amazing Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has actually operated at NASA for nearly 50 years, is the lead processor for the Beauty sample program. She looks after the Moon stones as well as lunar examples NASA recovered from Apollo, 842 pounds of holy scientific research! These samples are actually national jewels. Thus is actually Andrea." The trailblazers our company recognize today, these Hidden Bodies-- their courage as well as imagination carried us to the Moon. As well as their courses, their heritage, will definitely send our company back to the Moon ... and then ... visualize-- just think of-- when our company leave our footprints on the red sands of Mars." Thanks to these people who belong to our NASA family members, our team will definitely remain to sail on the planetary ocean to away cosmic banks.".To read more 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.