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NASA to Participate In Hidden Bodies Congressional Gold Medal Event

.NASA Supervisor Expense Nelson are going to stand for the organization in the course of a Legislative Gold Medal ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, identifying the females that added to the space competition, including the NASA maths wizzard that assisted land the first astronauts on the Moon under the company's Beauty Program.Thrown by Residence Sound Speaker Mike Johnson, the Congressional Gold Award Event will certainly occur inside Liberation Venue at the USA Capitol in Washington. Nelson is anticipated to become among the audio speakers.The celebration will stream live on the speaker's YouTube stations. The organization will definitely share a straight hyperlink on this advisory in advance of the celebration.Media without existing congressional qualifications on capital interested in participating in the activity has to RSVP by Sept. 13, to Abby Ronson at: abby.ronson@mail.house.gov.Award Details.Introduced by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson on Feb. 27, 2019, H.R. 1396-- Hidden Bodies Congressional Gold Medal Action-- was signed into law later that year. Honors will certainly consist of:.Legislative Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in acknowledgment of her company to the United States as a mathematician.Congressional Gold Award to Dr. Christine Darden, for her company to the United States as an aeronautical engineer.Congressional Gold Medals in commemoration of the everyday lives of Dorothy Vaughan and also Mary Jackson, in recognition of their company to the United States in the course of the space race.Congressional Gold Award in awareness of all the ladies who served as personal computers, maths wizzard, as well as designers at the National Advisory Board for Flight as well as NASA between the 1930s as well as the 1970s.To learn more about NASA missions, see:.https://www.nasa.gov.- side-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.