.NASA Administrator Bill Nelson discharged his remarks as planned for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Medal service in Washington. The honors recognized the ladies that added to the space nationality, including the NASA mathematicians who aided land the initial astronauts on the Moon under the company's Beauty Plan." Excellent afternoon." The impressive things that NASA accomplishes ... and also America obtains ... build on the leaders who came prior to us." Individuals like the females of Mercury, Gemini, and also Beauty." Folks like Mary Jackson. Doctor Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." With the help of all the Legislators that produced today feasible. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, who our team skip, and also that led the initiative in 2019 along with Politician Chris Coons to take these awards to lifestyle. With the help of the champions for the regulation, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski as well as Shelley Moore Capito, and Congressman Frank Lucas." The women our experts recognize today made it feasible for Earthlings to elevate beyond the bounds of The planet, as well as for generations of pioneers to follow." Our company carried out not happen this far merely to find this far." We continue this legacy, as one member of the target market here with our team carries out every time-- the exceptional Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has operated at NASA for virtually half a century, is the lead processor chip for the Beauty sample program. She manages the Moon stones as well as lunar examples NASA rejuvenated coming from Apollo, 842 pounds of celestial scientific research! These samples are actually nationwide treasures. So is actually Andrea." The trailblazers our experts recognize today, these Hidden Numbers-- their guts as well as imagination brought our company to the Moon. And their sessions, their tradition, will certainly deliver our team back to the Moon ... and then ... think of-- merely picture-- when we leave our footprints on the red sands of Mars." Thanks to these people that belong to our NASA family, our company will remain to sail on the planetary sea to away cosmic banks.".For additional information concerning NASA goals, browse through:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.