.NASA Manager Bill Nelson discharged his statements as prepared for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal event in Washington. The honors realized the females who brought about the space race, including the NASA maths wizzard who aided land the initial rocketeers on the Moon under the agency's Beauty System." Excellent afternoon." The remarkable factors that NASA obtains ... which America accomplishes ... improve the leaders who happened prior to us." People like the ladies of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo." Folks like Mary Jackson. Physician Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Due to all the Politicians that created today feasible. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that we miss, and also that led the attempt in 2019 alongside Statesman Chris Coons to carry these awards to lifestyle. Because of the champions for the laws, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski as well as Shelley Moore Capito, and also Congressman Frank Lucas." The ladies our company recognize today made it feasible for Earthlings to elevate beyond the bounds of The planet, and for eras of innovators to comply with." Our company did not come this much simply to come this much." We continue this heritage, as one member of the viewers right here with our team performs each and every time-- the remarkable Andrea Mosie." Andrea, who has operated at NASA for almost 50 years, is the lead processor chip for the Beauty example course. She supervises the Moon rocks as well as lunar examples NASA recovered from Apollo, 842 pounds of celestial scientific research! These samples are actually nationwide jewels. Therefore is Andrea." The leaders we recognize today, these Hidden Numbers-- their guts and also creative imagination brought us to the Moon. And also their lessons, their legacy, will certainly send our company back to the Moon ... and after that ... visualize-- merely imagine-- when our team leave our impacts on the reddish sands of Mars." Because of these people that become part of our NASA family, our company will certainly continue to cruise on the planetary ocean to far off cosmic coasts.".For additional information about NASA goals, go to:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.