.NASA Supervisor Costs Nelson released his comments as organized Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Award ceremony in Washington. The awards acknowledged the women that resulted in the area race, featuring the NASA mathematicians who helped land the very first astronauts on the Moon under the company's Apollo Course." Excellent afternoon." The outstanding things that NASA attains ... and also United States obtains ... build on the leaders that came before our team." Folks like the ladies of Mercury, Gemini, as well as Beauty." People like Mary Jackson. Physician Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Due to all the Legislators who produced today feasible. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, who our team overlook, and that led the attempt in 2019 together with Statesman Chris Coons to bring these awards to life. Because of the champions for the regulations, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski as well as Shelley Moore Capito, and Congressman Frank Lucas." The girls our experts recognize today created it feasible for Earthlings to lift beyond the bounds of Planet, and also for eras of innovators to observe." Our experts carried out not happen this far only to find this far." Our experts proceed this heritage, being one member of the audience right here along with us performs every time-- the amazing Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has worked at NASA for nearly half a century, is the lead processor chip for the Beauty sample program. She supervises the Moon stones as well as lunar examples NASA recovered coming from Apollo, 842 extra pounds of holy scientific research! These samples are nationwide prizes. Thus is actually Andrea." The pioneers our experts honor today, these Hidden Figures-- their tenacity as well as creative imagination brought us to the Moon. And their sessions, their tradition, will certainly send our team back to the Moon ... and afterwards ... picture-- simply picture-- when our team leave our impacts on the red sands of Mars." Thanks to these individuals that belong to our NASA family, our company will remain to sail on the planetary ocean to far off cosmic banks.".To learn more concerning 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.