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NASA to Take Part in Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Event

.NASA Manager Expense Nelson will certainly represent the agency during the course of a Legislative Gold Award service at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, realizing the women who contributed to the room race, featuring the NASA mathematicians that helped land the first astronauts on the Moon under the agency's Beauty Program.Hosted by Property Speaker Mike Johnson, the Congressional Gold Medal Event will happen inside Liberation Venue at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington. Nelson is actually expected to become amongst the sound speakers.The event is going to flow survive the sound speaker's YouTube network. The agency will certainly share a straight link on this advisory before the celebration.Media without current congressional accreditations on capital considering taking part in the celebration should RSVP by Sept. thirteen, to Abby Ronson at: abby.ronson@mail.house.gov.Medal Relevant information.Introduced through Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson on Feb. 27, 2019, H.R. 1396-- Concealed Figures Legislative Gold Medal Action-- was actually authorized in to rule later on that year. Honors will feature:.Congressional Gold Award to Katherine Johnson, in awareness of her solution to the USA as a math wizzard.Legislative Gold Award to Physician Christine Darden, for her company to the USA as an aerial developer.Congressional Gold Medals in ceremony of the everyday lives of Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, in awareness of their solution to the United States during the room race.Congressional Gold Award in awareness of all the females that acted as personal computers, maths wizzard, as well as designers at the National Advisory Committee for Aviation and also NASA between the 1930s as well as the 1970s.For additional information about NASA missions, see:.https://www.nasa.gov.- side-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.