.NASA Administrator Bill Nelson released his statements as planned for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Award service in Washington. The awards acknowledged the women that supported the room nationality, consisting of the NASA maths wizzard who helped land the initial astronauts on the Moon under the organization's Beauty Course." Excellent afternoon." The impressive traits that NASA obtains ... which The United States accomplishes ... improve the pioneers that came prior to us." Individuals like the ladies of Mercury, Gemini, and also Apollo." Individuals like Mary Jackson. Physician Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Due to all the Members of Congress who produced today achievable. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, who we skip, as well as that led the effort in 2019 alongside Senator Chris Coons to take these awards to life. Due to the champs for the regulation, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski as well as Shelley Moore Capito, as well as Congressman Frank Lucas." The females our experts recognize today made it achievable for Earthlings to raise beyond the bounds of Earth, as well as for ages of trailblazers to adhere to." Our team did certainly not happen this much only to come this far." Our team proceed this heritage, being one participant of the audience here along with our company carries out every time-- the remarkable Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has worked at NASA for virtually 50 years, is the lead cpu for the Beauty sample course. She oversees the Moon stones as well as lunar samples NASA restored coming from Apollo, 842 extra pounds of celestial science! These samples are actually national treasures. Therefore is actually Andrea." The leaders our company recognize today, these Hidden Figures-- their guts and also imagination carried our team to the Moon. And also their lessons, their tradition, will deliver us back to the Moon ... and then ... imagine-- simply envision-- when our experts leave our impacts on the red sands of Mars." Because of these individuals who become part of our NASA loved ones, we are going to remain to cruise on the grandiose sea to far off planetary coasts.".For additional information regarding NASA goals, browse through:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.