.NASA Supervisor Bill Nelson discharged his statements as gotten ready for Wednesday's Hidden Designs Legislative Gold Medal service in Washington. The awards realized the females who supported the space nationality, featuring the NASA maths wizzard who aided land the 1st astronauts on the Moon under the agency's Apollo Program." Good afternoon." The outstanding points that NASA obtains ... which The United States accomplishes ... improve the trailblazers that came just before our company." Individuals like the females of Mercury, Gemini, and also Apollo." Folks like Mary Jackson. Doctor Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Because of all the Members of Congress who produced today achievable. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, who our company miss, and also who led the attempt in 2019 alongside Legislator Chris Coons to take these awards to lifestyle. With the help of the champs for the regulations, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, and Congressman Frank Lucas." The ladies our company honor today made it feasible for Earthlings to raise beyond the bounds of The planet, and also for age groups of trailblazers to adhere to." Our experts carried out certainly not happen this far merely to come this far." Our company proceed this legacy, as being one participant of the target market listed here with our company carries out every day-- the remarkable Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has actually worked at NASA for nearly 50 years, is the lead cpu for the Apollo sample system. She manages the Moon rocks and lunar examples NASA recovered coming from Apollo, 842 pounds of holy scientific research! These examples are actually national prizes. So is Andrea." The pioneers our experts recognize today, these Hidden Amounts-- their tenacity and also creativity carried us to the Moon. And also their trainings, their tradition, will definitely send our team back to the Moon ... and afterwards ... envision-- only picture-- when our company leave our footprints on the red sands of Mars." Due to these individuals who are part of our NASA household, we will remain to sail on the planetary ocean to away grandiose coasts.".For more information about NASA goals, check out:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.