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NASA to Take Part in Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Award Event

.NASA Administrator Costs Nelson will definitely embody the agency in the course of a Legislative Gold Award service at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, identifying the ladies that brought about the room competition, featuring the NASA maths wizzard that helped land the first rocketeers on the Moon under the company's Apollo Program.Hosted through Residence Speaker Mike Johnson, the Congressional Gold Medal Service will definitely happen inside Liberation Hall at the United State Capitol in Washington. Nelson is counted on to become one of the speakers.The occasion will definitely stream reside on the sound speaker's YouTube network. The organization is going to share a direct link on this advisory before the event.Media without present legislative accreditations on the Hill curious about taking part in the activity should RSVP by Sept. thirteen, to Abby Ronson at: abby.ronson@mail.house.gov.Award Information.Launched by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson on Feb. 27, 2019, H.R. 1396-- Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Award Action-- was actually authorized into legislation later on that year. Awards will feature:.Legislative Gold Award to Katherine Johnson, in awareness of her solution to the United States as a math wizzard.Congressional Gold Medal to Doctor Christine Darden, for her solution to the USA as an aerial engineer.Legislative Gold Awards in commemoration of the everyday lives of Dorothy Vaughan as well as Mary Jackson, in recognition of their company to the United States throughout the area ethnicity.Congressional Gold Medal in awareness of all the women who acted as personal computers, maths wizzard, and engineers at the National Advisory Board for Aeronautics and also NASA in between the 1930s and the 1970s.To learn more about NASA objectives, go to:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.