.NASA Supervisor Expense Nelson will definitely exemplify the agency throughout a Legislative Gold Medal event at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, identifying the girls who resulted in the room race, consisting of the NASA mathematicians who assisted land the very first astronauts on the Moon under the agency's Apollo Plan.Thrown by Property Speaker Mike Johnson, the Congressional Gold Award Service will happen inside Liberation Venue at the United State Capitol Building in Washington. Nelson is actually anticipated to become one of the speakers.The celebration is going to stream survive on the audio speaker's YouTube channel. The company will certainly discuss a straight hyperlink on this advisory ahead of the occasion.Media without existing legislative credentials on the Hill thinking about participating in the event must RSVP through Sept. 13, to Abby Ronson at: abby.ronson@mail.house.gov.Medal Details.Introduced by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson on Feb. 27, 2019, H.R. 1396-- Hidden Numbers Legislative Gold Medal Act-- was authorized into rule eventually that year. Awards will certainly include:.Congressional Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in acknowledgment of her solution to the USA as a math wizzard.Legislative Gold Award to Doctor Christine Darden, for her service to the USA as an aerial engineer.Congressional Gold Awards in ceremony of the lives of Dorothy Vaughan and also Mary Jackson, in acknowledgment of their company to the United States during the room race.Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of all the ladies who functioned as personal computers, mathematicians, and also developers at the National Advisory Board for Aviation and NASA in between the 1930s and the 1970s.For more details concerning NASA goals, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov.- side-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.