.NASA Manager Expense Nelson launched his statements as prepared for Wednesday's Hidden Designs Legislative Gold Award event in Washington. The honors identified the women that supported the area race, including the NASA maths wizzard who assisted land the 1st astronauts on the Moon under the agency's Apollo Program." Good afternoon." The exceptional things that NASA achieves ... which The United States achieves ... build on the leaders who happened before our team." Folks like the females of Mercury, Gemini, and also Apollo." Folks like Mary Jackson. Dr. Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Thanks to all the Politicians that produced today feasible. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our experts skip, and that led the effort in 2019 alongside Senator Chris Coons to deliver these medals to lifestyle. Because of the champions for the legislation, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, as well as Congressman Frank Lucas." The women we recognize today made it feasible for Earthlings to elevate past the bounds of The planet, and also for generations of innovators to observe." Our company did certainly not happen this far merely to find this much." Our team proceed this tradition, as being one member of the reader listed here with our team does every time-- the impressive Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has worked at NASA for almost half a century, is the lead cpu for the Apollo example plan. She supervises the Moon stones and lunar samples NASA brought back from Beauty, 842 extra pounds of celestial science! These samples are national prizes. Thus is actually Andrea." The leaders our company honor today, these Hidden Bodies-- their nerve and imagination took us to the Moon. As well as their lessons, their heritage, will certainly send our team back to the Moon ... and afterwards ... think of-- merely envision-- when our experts leave our impacts on the red sands of Mars." Because of these individuals who are part of our NASA family, our company will remain to set sail on the cosmic ocean to away grandiose coasts.".For additional information about 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.