.NASA Supervisor Costs Nelson will represent the agency during a Congressional Gold Award event at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, acknowledging the ladies who supported the space race, consisting of the NASA mathematicians who aided land the initial astronauts on the Moon under the company's Beauty Course.Hosted through House Speaker Mike Johnson, the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony will take place inside Liberation Venue at the USA Capitol in Washington. Nelson is actually counted on to become among the sound speakers.The activity will certainly stream live on the audio speaker's YouTube network. The organization will certainly discuss a direct link on this advisory in advance of the occasion.Media without existing congressional accreditations on the Hill curious about participating in the celebration needs to RSVP by Sept. 13, to Abby Ronson at: abby.ronson@mail.house.gov.Medal Details.Launched through Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson on Feb. 27, 2019, H.R. 1396-- Surprise Amounts Legislative Gold Award Act-- was signed right into rule later that year. Honors will certainly include:.Legislative Gold Award to Katherine Johnson, in recognition of her company to the United States 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 commemoration of the lifespans of Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, in recognition of their company to the United States in the course of the area nationality.Congressional Gold Award in awareness of all the females who acted as computers, mathematicians, and developers at the National Advisory Committee for Flying and also NASA in between the 1930s and the 1970s.For additional information regarding NASA purposes, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.