.NASA Administrator Bill Nelson launched his remarks as prepared for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Award service in Washington. The awards acknowledged the ladies who added to the space nationality, including the NASA maths wizzard who assisted land the first rocketeers on the Moon under the firm's Beauty Course." Excellent afternoon." The exceptional factors that NASA attains ... which United States accomplishes ... improve the pioneers that happened before our team." Folks like the women of Mercury, Gemini, and also Beauty." Folks like Mary Jackson. Doctor Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." With the help of all the Legislators who produced today feasible. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that we overlook, and who led the effort in 2019 together with Legislator Chris Coons to take these awards to life. Due to the champs for the regulation, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Shelley Moore Capito, and also Congressman Frank Lucas." The women our company honor today created it feasible for Earthlings to lift beyond the bounds of The planet, and also for ages of trendsetters to adhere to." We carried out certainly not come this far just ahead this much." We proceed this tradition, as one participant of the viewers here with our company does each and every single time-- the amazing Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has worked at NASA for nearly 50 years, is the lead processor for the Beauty example program. She supervises the Moon rocks as well as lunar samples NASA recovered coming from Apollo, 842 pounds of celestial scientific research! These samples are national jewels. Thus is actually Andrea." The trailblazers our experts recognize today, these Hidden Bodies-- their guts and also creativity brought our company to the Moon. As well as their lessons, their heritage, will definitely send us back to the Moon ... and after that ... picture-- just imagine-- when our team leave our impacts on the red sands of Mars." Thanks to these people who belong to our NASA family, our company are going to continue to voyage on the cosmic sea to away grandiose shores.".For additional information regarding NASA objectives, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.