.NASA Manager Costs Nelson released his remarks as organized Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Award ceremony in Washington. The honors realized the ladies who supported the space nationality, featuring the NASA maths wizzard that assisted land the very first rocketeers on the Moon under the company's Apollo Program." Good afternoon." The remarkable things that NASA obtains ... and that The United States achieves ... improve the pioneers that happened just before our company." Folks like the females of Mercury, Gemini, as well as Apollo." Individuals like Mary Jackson. Dr. Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Thanks to all the Members of Congress that produced today achievable. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, who our team skip, and also who led the effort in 2019 along with Statesman Chris Coons to carry these awards to life. Thanks to the champions for the regulations, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and also Shelley Moore Capito, and also Congressman Frank Lucas." The women our team honor today created it feasible for Earthlings to elevate past the bounds of The planet, as well as for age groups of trendsetters to adhere to." Our experts performed not happen this far just ahead this far." Our team proceed this heritage, as one participant of the reader listed below along with us does each and every day-- the remarkable Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has actually worked at NASA for nearly half a century, is the lead processor for the Apollo example program. She manages the Moon rocks and also lunar examples NASA revived from Beauty, 842 extra pounds of holy science! These examples are national treasures. Thus is Andrea." The leaders our experts recognize today, these Hidden Figures-- their courage and imagination carried us to the Moon. As well as their sessions, their tradition, will deliver our team back to the Moon ... and after that ... envision-- simply envision-- when our experts leave our footprints on the reddish sands of Mars." Thanks to these individuals who are part of our NASA family, our team will certainly remain to cruise on the planetary sea to far off grandiose shores.".To find out more about NASA goals, go to:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.