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NASA to Take Part in Hidden Numbers Legislative Gold Award Ceremony

.NASA Supervisor Costs Nelson are going to stand for the firm during the course of a Congressional Gold Award ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, identifying the ladies that helped in the area competition, including the NASA maths wizzard who helped land the initial rocketeers on the Moon under the agency's Apollo Course.Thrown by Home Speaker Mike Johnson, the Congressional Gold Award Event will happen inside Emancipation Hall at the USA Capitol in Washington. Nelson is actually expected to become one of the audio speakers.The occasion will certainly stream survive on the audio speaker's YouTube channel. The company will share a direct hyperlink on this advisory in advance of the activity.Media without current congressional qualifications on the Hill interested in joining the event needs to RSVP through Sept. 13, to Abby Ronson at: abby.ronson@mail.house.gov.Medal Info.Presented by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson on Feb. 27, 2019, H.R. 1396-- Hidden Amounts Legislative Gold Medal Act-- was actually authorized into legislation later on that year. Honors will certainly feature:.Legislative Gold Award to Katherine Johnson, in awareness of her company to the United States as a mathematician.Congressional Gold Award to Dr. Christine Darden, for her solution to the United States as an aerial developer.Congressional Gold Awards in commemoration of the lifespans of Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, in awareness of their company to the United States during the course of the space race.Legislative Gold Medal in awareness of all the girls that worked as computer systems, mathematicians, as well as developers at the National Advisory Committee for Flight as well as NASA between the 1930s as well as the 1970s.For additional information concerning NASA objectives, see:.https://www.nasa.gov.- side-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.