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NASA to Join Hidden Bodies Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony

.NASA Supervisor Bill Nelson are going to stand for the agency during the course of a Congressional Gold Award service at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, realizing the ladies who contributed to the room race, consisting of the NASA maths wizzard that aided land the 1st astronauts on the Moon under the agency's Apollo Program.Hosted through House Audio Speaker Mike Johnson, the Congressional Gold Award Service will occur inside Liberation Venue at the USA Capitol in Washington. Nelson is anticipated to become one of the sound speakers.The occasion will certainly stream survive on the sound speaker's YouTube channel. The agency is going to share a straight web link on this advisory in advance of the celebration.Media without existing legislative qualifications on capital considering participating in the occasion should RSVP through Sept. 13, to Abby Ronson at: abby.ronson@mail.house.gov.Medal Relevant information.Introduced by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson on Feb. 27, 2019, H.R. 1396-- Concealed Numbers Legislative Gold Award Action-- was actually authorized right into legislation later that year. Awards will certainly consist of:.Legislative Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in recognition of her solution to the United States as a math wizzard.Legislative Gold Award to Dr. Christine Darden, for her company to the United States as an aeronautical designer.Congressional Gold Medals in celebration of the everyday lives of Dorothy Vaughan as well as Mary Jackson, in acknowledgment of their service to the United States during the space race.Legislative Gold Medal in recognition of all the females that acted as personal computers, maths wizzard, and engineers at the National Advisory Committee for Flying and NASA in between the 1930s and also the 1970s.For more details about NASA objectives, go to:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.