.NASA Manager Expense Nelson are going to embody the agency in the course of a Congressional Gold Medal event at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, realizing the girls who resulted in the area race, featuring the NASA mathematicians who assisted land the initial astronauts on the Moon under the organization's Apollo System.Hosted by House Speaker Mike Johnson, the Congressional Gold Award Ceremony will definitely occur inside Liberation Venue at the USA Capitol in Washington. Nelson is counted on to be among the sound speakers.The celebration is going to stream survive the speaker's YouTube stations. The firm will discuss a straight hyperlink on this advisory in advance of the celebration.Media without current congressional references on the Hill thinking about joining the event must RSVP by Sept. thirteen, to Abby Ronson at: abby.ronson@mail.house.gov.Award Information.Offered by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson on Feb. 27, 2019, H.R. 1396-- Hidden Figures Legislative Gold Medal Act-- was authorized into regulation later that year. Awards are going to feature:.Congressional Gold Award to Katherine Johnson, in acknowledgment of her solution to the USA as a mathematician.Legislative Gold Medal to Dr. Christine Darden, for her company to the USA as an aeronautical designer.Legislative Gold Medals in commemoration of the lifespans of Dorothy Vaughan and also Mary Jackson, in acknowledgment of their company to the United States during the room nationality.Legislative Gold Medal in acknowledgment of all the girls that functioned as computer systems, mathematicians, and developers at the National Advisory Board for Aeronautics as well as NASA between the 1930s and the 1970s.For additional information regarding NASA purposes, check out:.https://www.nasa.gov.- side-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.