.NASA Supervisor Bill Nelson will certainly represent the organization in the course of a Legislative Gold Medal ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, realizing the ladies who contributed to the room race, consisting of the NASA mathematicians who helped land the 1st astronauts on the Moon under the firm's Apollo System.Thrown by House Sound Speaker Mike Johnson, the Congressional Gold Award Ceremony will certainly take place inside Emancipation Hall at the USA Capitol Building in Washington. Nelson is expected to become one of the audio speakers.The event will certainly flow live on the speaker's YouTube network. The organization will certainly discuss a straight web link on this advisory in advance of the activity.Media without present legislative qualifications on the Hill interested in taking part in the event needs to RSVP by Sept. thirteen, to Abby Ronson at: abby.ronson@mail.house.gov.Medal Details.Offered through Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson on Feb. 27, 2019, H.R. 1396-- Surprise Figures Legislative Gold Award Act-- was signed in to law later on that year. Awards will certainly consist of:.Congressional Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in acknowledgment of her service to the United States as a math wizzard.Congressional Gold Medal to Physician Christine Darden, for her service to the USA as an aeronautical developer.Congressional Gold Awards in ceremony of the daily lives of Dorothy Vaughan and also Mary Jackson, in recognition of their service to the USA during the course of the space nationality.Legislative Gold Award in awareness of all the women who functioned as computer systems, mathematicians, and developers at the National Advisory Board for Aeronautics and NASA between the 1930s and also the 1970s.For more details about NASA missions, see:.https://www.nasa.gov.- side-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.