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NASA to Take Part in Hidden Amounts Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony

.NASA Supervisor Expense Nelson will certainly embody the agency during the course of a Legislative Gold Award event at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, identifying the females who brought about the space competition, consisting of the NASA maths wizzard that aided land the first astronauts on the Moon under the company's Apollo Course.Held by House Speaker Mike Johnson, the Congressional Gold Award Service will definitely happen inside Liberation Hall at the USA Capitol in Washington. Nelson is actually counted on to become amongst the audio speakers.The occasion will certainly flow reside on the sound speaker's YouTube channel. The company will definitely discuss a direct web link on this advisory before the activity.Media without existing congressional credentials on capital thinking about joining the activity must RSVP through Sept. 13, to Abby Ronson at: abby.ronson@mail.house.gov.Award Info.Introduced through Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson on Feb. 27, 2019, H.R. 1396-- Surprise Amounts Legislative Gold Medal Action-- was signed right into regulation later that year. Honors will certainly feature:.Congressional Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in awareness of her service to the USA as a math wizzard.Legislative Gold Medal to Doctor Christine Darden, for her company to the USA as an aeronautical designer.Congressional Gold Medals in celebration of the everyday lives of Dorothy Vaughan and also Mary Jackson, in awareness of their service to the USA throughout the room nationality.Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of all the women who functioned as pcs, maths wizzard, as well as developers at the National Advisory Committee for Flight as well as NASA in between the 1930s as well as the 1970s.For more details about NASA goals, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov.- side-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.