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NASA to Join Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Award Service

.NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will definitely represent the agency during the course of a Legislative Gold Award ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, identifying the women who supported the area race, including the NASA maths wizzard that aided land the first astronauts on the Moon under the agency's Apollo System.Held by Property Sound Speaker Mike Johnson, the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony will certainly take place inside Emancipation Venue at the USA Capitol Building in Washington. Nelson is actually anticipated to become among the speakers.The activity is going to stream reside on the sound speaker's YouTube network. The organization is going to discuss a straight hyperlink on this advisory in advance of the event.Media without current legislative accreditations on capital curious about taking part in the activity needs to RSVP by Sept. thirteen, to Abby Ronson at: abby.ronson@mail.house.gov.Medal Info.Launched by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson on Feb. 27, 2019, H.R. 1396-- Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Award Action-- was actually authorized right into law later on that year. Honors will consist of:.Legislative Gold Award to Katherine Johnson, in acknowledgment of her company to the United States as a math wizzard.Legislative Gold Medal to Physician Christine Darden, for her company to the United States as an aerial engineer.Congressional Gold Medals in commemoration of the lifespans of Dorothy Vaughan and also Mary Jackson, in awareness of their service to the United States throughout the area race.Legislative Gold Award in acknowledgment of all the ladies that worked as pcs, maths wizzard, and designers at the National Advisory Board for Flying as well as NASA in between the 1930s as well as the 1970s.To find out more regarding NASA goals, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.