Space

NASA Shares Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Statements

.NASA Administrator Costs Nelson launched his comments as gotten ready for Wednesday's Hidden Designs Congressional Gold Award ceremony in Washington. The awards recognized the females who brought about the space race, consisting of the NASA mathematicians who aided land the very first astronauts on the Moon under the firm's Beauty Course." Good mid-day." The impressive factors that NASA accomplishes ... and that United States attains ... build on the leaders that happened just before our company." Individuals like the ladies of Mercury, Gemini, and Beauty." Individuals like Mary Jackson. Doctor Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Because of all the Members of Congress who created today possible. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our company overlook, and also that led the effort in 2019 together with Statesman Chris Coons to bring these medals to life. Due to the champions for the regulation, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, and also Congressman Frank Lucas." The girls our experts honor today made it feasible for Earthlings to lift past the bounds of Earth, and for generations of innovators to follow." Our experts performed not happen this far just to come this much." Our team proceed this tradition, as one member of the reader right here along with our company does every single day-- the remarkable Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has worked at NASA for virtually half a century, is the lead processor for the Beauty sample system. She supervises the Moon stones and also lunar examples NASA restored coming from Apollo, 842 pounds of holy science! These samples are actually nationwide jewels. Thus is actually Andrea." The pioneers our experts recognize today, these Hidden Figures-- their nerve and also imagination delivered our company to the Moon. And their trainings, their tradition, will deliver our team back to the Moon ... and after that ... envision-- just imagine-- when we leave our impacts on the reddish sands of Mars." Due to these individuals who belong to our NASA family, our company are going to continue to sail on the planetary ocean to away grandiose shores.".For more 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.