.NASA Supervisor Bill Nelson discharged his opinions as organized Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal event in Washington. The awards realized the girls that supported the room nationality, consisting of the NASA maths wizzard that helped land the very first astronauts on the Moon under the firm's Apollo Course." Really good mid-day." The impressive factors that NASA accomplishes ... and that The United States attains ... improve the pioneers who happened prior to us." Individuals like the girls of Mercury, Gemini, and Beauty." Individuals like Mary Jackson. Doctor Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Thanks to all the Politicians that created today achievable. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our experts overlook, as well as who led the effort in 2019 together with Senator Chris Coons to deliver these medals to life. Because of the champs for the regulations, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and also Shelley Moore Capito, and Congressman Frank Lucas." The females our experts honor today created it achievable for Earthlings to raise beyond the bounds of Earth, and also for eras of innovators to comply with." We carried out certainly not happen this much just to find this much." Our experts continue this tradition, as being one member of the audience right here along with our team performs each and every time-- the exceptional Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has operated at NASA for nearly half a century, is actually the lead processor chip for the Apollo example program. She supervises the Moon rocks and also lunar examples NASA rejuvenated coming from Apollo, 842 extra pounds of celestial scientific research! These examples are national jewels. So is Andrea." The leaders we honor today, these Hidden Numbers-- their courage and also creative imagination delivered us to the Moon. As well as their courses, their tradition, will definitely deliver us back to the Moon ... and after that ... envision-- only visualize-- when our team leave our footprints on the reddish sands of Mars." Because of these people that become part of our NASA household, our experts will certainly continue to voyage on the grandiose ocean to far off grandiose coasts.".For additional information concerning NASA purposes, go to:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.