.NASA Administrator Bill Nelson released his comments as prepared for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Medal ceremony in Washington. The awards identified the females who resulted in the area ethnicity, including the NASA maths wizzard that aided land the initial astronauts on the Moon under the firm's Beauty Plan." Excellent afternoon." The exceptional points that NASA achieves ... and also United States achieves ... improve the pioneers who came prior to our company." Folks like the girls of Mercury, Gemini, and Beauty." People like Mary Jackson. Physician Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." With the help of all the Politicians who made today feasible. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our team miss, and also that led the effort in 2019 alongside Senator Chris Coons to bring these awards to life. Due to the champs for the laws, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski as well as Shelley Moore Capito, and Congressman Frank Lucas." The ladies we honor today created it possible for Earthlings to raise past the bounds of The planet, and for generations of trailblazers to adhere to." Our experts performed certainly not come this much simply to follow this far." Our experts proceed this heritage, being one member of the audience right here along with us does each and every single time-- the remarkable Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has operated at NASA for almost 50 years, is actually the lead processor chip for the Beauty sample system. She supervises the Moon stones and lunar samples NASA restored coming from Beauty, 842 extra pounds of holy scientific research! These samples are national jewels. Therefore is Andrea." The pioneers our company honor today, these Hidden Numbers-- their nerve and creative imagination carried us to the Moon. And also their trainings, their legacy, will deliver our company back to the Moon ... and then ... picture-- only picture-- when we leave our impacts on the reddish sands of Mars." Due to these folks who are part of our NASA family members, our company will definitely continue to voyage on the planetary ocean to away planetary banks.".For additional information regarding NASA purposes, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.