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NASA to Take Part in Hidden Bodies Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony

.NASA Supervisor Costs Nelson will represent the company throughout a Congressional Gold Award service at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, realizing the ladies who contributed to the area race, including the NASA mathematicians who helped land the very first astronauts on the Moon under the company's Beauty Course.Organized through House Audio Speaker Mike Johnson, the Congressional Gold Medal Service are going to happen inside Liberation Venue at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Nelson is actually anticipated to be one of the speakers.The activity will flow survive the speaker's YouTube stations. The firm is going to share a straight web link on this advisory before the occasion.Media without existing congressional references on capital thinking about participating in the event should RSVP by Sept. thirteen, to Abby Ronson at: abby.ronson@mail.house.gov.Award Info.Offered by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson on Feb. 27, 2019, H.R. 1396-- Surprise Amounts Congressional Gold Medal Action-- was authorized into law eventually that year. Awards will consist of:.Congressional Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in awareness of her company to the United States as a math wizzard.Congressional Gold Award to Physician Christine Darden, for her service to the USA as an aerial designer.Congressional Gold Awards in commemoration of the lives of Dorothy Vaughan as well as Mary Jackson, in recognition of their company to the United States throughout the space ethnicity.Congressional Gold Medal in acknowledgment of all the women who acted as personal computers, mathematicians, and also designers at the National Advisory Board for Flying and NASA between the 1930s and the 1970s.To learn more regarding NASA objectives, browse through:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.