.NASA Administrator Costs Nelson are going to represent the agency during the course of a Congressional Gold Medal event at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, realizing the ladies that resulted in the room competition, consisting of the NASA maths wizzard that helped land the very first rocketeers on the Moon under the organization's Beauty Course.Organized by Property Speaker Mike Johnson, the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony will certainly happen inside Liberation Hall at the United State Capitol in Washington. Nelson is counted on to be among the speakers.The occasion is going to stream live on the sound speaker's YouTube network. The organization is going to share a straight link on this advisory in advance of the celebration.Media without current congressional credentials on the Hill thinking about joining the celebration needs to RSVP through Sept. thirteen, to Abby Ronson at: abby.ronson@mail.house.gov.Medal Info.Offered through Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson on Feb. 27, 2019, H.R. 1396-- Surprise Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act-- was actually signed in to regulation eventually that year. Honors will certainly include:.Legislative Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in awareness of her solution to the United States as a mathematician.Legislative Gold Medal to Doctor Christine Darden, for her company to the USA as an aeronautical engineer.Legislative Gold Medals in celebration of the lifespans of Dorothy Vaughan and also Mary Jackson, in acknowledgment of their company to the USA during the course of the area nationality.Congressional Gold Award in awareness of all the females who served as computers, maths wizzard, and also designers at the National Advisory Committee for Air Transportation and also NASA between the 1930s and also the 1970s.For additional information about NASA objectives, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.