.NASA Administrator Bill Nelson launched his statements as prepared for Wednesday's Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Award ceremony in Washington. The awards realized the girls that resulted in the space race, including the NASA mathematicians who aided land the very first rocketeers on the Moon under the company's Apollo System." Good afternoon." The impressive things that NASA attains ... which United States attains ... improve the trailblazers who happened before us." Individuals like the women of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo." Folks like Mary Jackson. Physician Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Thanks to all the Members of Congress that created today feasible. The late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our experts miss, and also who led the initiative in 2019 alongside Politician Chris Coons to take these awards to lifestyle. Due to the champions for the regulation, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski and also Shelley Moore Capito, and also Congressman Frank Lucas." The ladies our team recognize today made it achievable for Earthlings to lift beyond the bounds of Planet, and also for eras of pioneers to follow." We carried out not happen this far merely to find this far." We proceed this legacy, being one member of the audience here with us does each and every single day-- the impressive Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has actually operated at NASA for virtually 50 years, is the lead processor for the Apollo sample system. She oversees the Moon stones as well as lunar samples NASA rejuvenated from Beauty, 842 pounds of celestial scientific research! These samples are actually national jewels. Thus is Andrea." The pioneers our experts recognize today, these Hidden Figures-- their nerve and also creative imagination brought our company to the Moon. And also their lessons, their heritage, are going to send our company back to the Moon ... and afterwards ... picture-- only envision-- when we leave our impacts on the reddish sands of Mars." Thanks to these folks who become part of our NASA family, our company will continue to sail on the grandiose ocean to far off grandiose coasts.".To learn more about NASA purposes, browse through:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.