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NASA to Take Part in Hidden Bodies Legislative Gold Award Event

.NASA Administrator Expense Nelson will definitely stand for the agency during the course of a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, identifying the females who contributed to the space race, consisting of the NASA mathematicians who aided land the 1st rocketeers on the Moon under the firm's Beauty Plan.Thrown through Residence Audio Speaker Mike Johnson, the Congressional Gold Medal Service will definitely occur inside Liberation Venue at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington. Nelson is actually anticipated to become one of the audio speakers.The celebration will definitely flow live on the sound speaker's YouTube stations. The firm will discuss a straight web link on this advisory ahead of the occasion.Media without present congressional credentials on the Hill thinking about joining the event needs to RSVP through Sept. 13, to Abby Ronson at: abby.ronson@mail.house.gov.Award Relevant information.Presented by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson on Feb. 27, 2019, H.R. 1396-- Concealed Numbers Legislative Gold Medal Action-- was actually signed in to rule eventually that year. Awards will definitely consist of:.Legislative Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in awareness of her solution to the USA as a math wizzard.Legislative Gold Award to Physician Christine Darden, for her service to the United States as an aerial developer.Congressional Gold Awards in celebration of the lives of Dorothy Vaughan and also Mary Jackson, in awareness of their service to the United States during the course of the area race.Congressional Gold Medal in acknowledgment of all the women who functioned as computers, maths wizzard, as well as engineers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and also NASA between the 1930s and also the 1970s.To read more about NASA purposes, see:.https://www.nasa.gov.- side-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.