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NASA to Take Part in Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Medal Service

.NASA Manager Bill Nelson will stand for the firm throughout a Legislative Gold Medal ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, realizing the females who helped in the room competition, including the NASA mathematicians who aided land the initial rocketeers on the Moon under the company's Beauty Program.Hosted by Home Sound Speaker Mike Johnson, the Congressional Gold Award Service will occur inside Liberation Venue at the United State Capitol Building in Washington. Nelson is actually counted on to be among the audio speakers.The celebration is going to stream reside on the speaker's YouTube network. The company will discuss a direct web link on this advisory ahead of the occasion.Media without existing legislative credentials on capital considering participating in the celebration has to RSVP by Sept. thirteen, to Abby Ronson at: abby.ronson@mail.house.gov.Medal Relevant information.Presented through Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson on Feb. 27, 2019, H.R. 1396-- Surprise Amounts Congressional Gold Medal Action-- was authorized right into legislation later that year. Awards will definitely consist of:.Legislative Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in acknowledgment of her service to the United States as a math wizzard.Congressional Gold Award to Physician Christine Darden, for her solution to the USA as an aeronautical developer.Legislative Gold Awards in commemoration of the everyday lives of Dorothy Vaughan and also Mary Jackson, in acknowledgment of their company to the United States during the space ethnicity.Legislative Gold Award in awareness of all the ladies who served as pcs, mathematicians, and engineers at the National Advisory Board for Aeronautics as well as NASA between the 1930s and also the 1970s.To read more concerning NASA purposes, browse through:.https://www.nasa.gov.- side-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.