.NASA Manager Costs Nelson released his opinions as prepared for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Award service in Washington. The honors recognized the women that resulted in the room race, featuring the NASA mathematicians that helped land the initial astronauts on the Moon under the agency's Apollo Program." Good afternoon." The outstanding factors that NASA attains ... which United States attains ... build on the pioneers who happened before our team." Folks like the ladies of Mercury, Gemini, and Beauty." Folks like Mary Jackson. Dr. Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Because of all the Legislators that produced today achievable. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that we miss, and who led the initiative in 2019 together with Statesman Chris Coons to take these awards to life. With the help of the champions for the laws, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and also Shelley Moore Capito, as well as Congressman Frank Lucas." The women our company honor today made it feasible for Earthlings to raise past the bounds of Planet, and for generations of trendsetters to observe." Our experts did not happen this much simply to find this far." Our company proceed this heritage, as one participant of the audience right here along with our company does every single time-- the remarkable Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has operated at NASA for nearly 50 years, is actually the lead processor for the Apollo sample plan. She looks after the Moon rocks and lunar examples NASA restored from Apollo, 842 extra pounds of celestial science! These samples are nationwide jewels. Thus is Andrea." The pioneers our experts recognize today, these Hidden Amounts-- their nerve and also creative imagination delivered our company to the Moon. And also their courses, their legacy, will send our company back to the Moon ... and afterwards ... picture-- merely envision-- when our experts leave our footprints on the red sands of Mars." With the help of these people who are part of our NASA family members, we will definitely continue to sail on the planetary sea to away planetary shores.".For more information regarding NASA missions, browse through:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.