Space

NASA Shares Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Remarks

.NASA Administrator Costs Nelson discharged his remarks as prepared for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Award ceremony in Washington. The honors acknowledged the women that resulted in the space nationality, featuring the NASA mathematicians who helped land the initial astronauts on the Moon under the company's Beauty System." Really good mid-day." The outstanding points that NASA obtains ... and also The United States achieves ... build on the leaders who happened before us." People like the girls of Mercury, Gemini, as well as Apollo." Individuals like Mary Jackson. Dr. Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Because of all the Legislators who produced today feasible. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, who our experts miss out on, and that led the initiative in 2019 along with Legislator Chris Coons to take these awards to lifestyle. With the help of the champions for the regulation, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and also Shelley Moore Capito, as well as Congressman Frank Lucas." The females our experts recognize today created it feasible for Earthlings to lift past the bounds of Earth, as well as for age groups of trendsetters to follow." Our company carried out not happen this much only to come this far." Our team proceed this tradition, being one participant of the target market listed below with us performs every single day-- the remarkable Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has actually worked at NASA for virtually half a century, is actually the lead processor for the Beauty sample course. She looks after the Moon rocks as well as lunar samples NASA revived from Apollo, 842 extra pounds of holy science! These samples are actually nationwide jewels. Thus is actually Andrea." The trailblazers our company honor today, these Hidden Amounts-- their tenacity and creative imagination delivered our company to the Moon. And also their trainings, their tradition, are going to send our company back to the Moon ... and then ... imagine-- only think of-- when our experts leave our footprints on the reddish sands of Mars." Thanks to these individuals who belong to our NASA family, our company will definitely continue to voyage on the cosmic ocean to away grandiose banks.".To learn more about NASA missions, check out:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.