.NASA Manager Expense Nelson launched his comments as planned for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Award service in Washington. The awards identified the women that added to the area ethnicity, including the NASA mathematicians that assisted land the initial rocketeers on the Moon under the agency's Apollo Plan." Excellent afternoon." The exceptional things that NASA achieves ... which America achieves ... build on the trailblazers that happened just before us." Folks like the girls of Mercury, Gemini, and also Beauty." People like Mary Jackson. Doctor Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Thanks to all the Members of Congress who produced today feasible. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, who our experts skip, and that led the effort in 2019 along with Legislator Chris Coons to take these awards to life. Because of the champs for the regulation, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, and also Congressman Frank Lucas." The ladies our team recognize today created it achievable for Earthlings to elevate beyond the bounds of Planet, as well as for age groups of trendsetters to adhere to." Our team did not come this much only to come this far." We proceed this heritage, as one member of the target market listed below along with our team does every single day-- the impressive Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has actually operated at NASA for nearly 50 years, is the lead processor chip for the Beauty example course. She oversees the Moon rocks and also lunar examples NASA restored from Beauty, 842 extra pounds of celestial science! These examples are national prizes. Thus is Andrea." The leaders our experts recognize today, these Hidden Bodies-- their courage and also imagination delivered us to the Moon. As well as their courses, their heritage, are going to send us back to the Moon ... and then ... imagine-- just picture-- when our company leave our footprints on the red sands of Mars." Because of these people that are part of our NASA family members, our company will definitely continue to set sail on the cosmic sea to far off grandiose banks.".For more information concerning NASA purposes, browse through:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.