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NASA to Take Part in Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony
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NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at her desk at NASA Langley Research Center with a globe, or “Celestial Training Device,” in 1962. Credit: NASA / Langley Research Center
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will represent the agency during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, recognizing the women who contributed to the space race, including the NASA mathematicians who helped land the first astronauts on the Moon under the agency’s Apollo Program.
Hosted by House Speaker Mike Johnson, the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony will take place inside Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Nelson is expected to be among the speakers.
Medal Information
Introduced by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson on Feb. 27, 2019, H.R.1396 – Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act – was signed into law later that year. Awards will include:
* Congressional Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in recognition of her service to the United States as a mathematician
* Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Christine Darden, for her service to the United States as an aeronautical engineer
* Congressional Gold Medals in commemoration of the lives of Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, in recognition of their service to the United States during the space race
* Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of all the women who served as computers, mathematicians, and engineers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and NASA between the 1930s and the 1970s.
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Additional Insight
This Congressional Gold Medal ceremony highlights the often overlooked contributions of women, particularly African American women, to the field of mathematics and science during the space race era. Katherine Johnson, along with her colleagues like Dr. Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, played crucial roles in the success of NASA’s missions and the Apollo Program. Their recognition not only honors their individual achievements but also symbolizes the importance of diversity and inclusion in STEM fields.
(AGENPARL) – Roma, 6 Settembre 2024
(AGENPARL) – ven 06 settembre 2024 Sept. 6, 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-125
NASA to Take Part in Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony
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NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at her desk at NASA Langley Research Center with a globe, or “Celestial Training Device,” in 1962. Credit: NASA / Langley Research Center
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will represent the agency during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, recognizing the women who contributed to the space race, including the NASA mathematicians who helped land the first astronauts on the Moon under the agency’s Apollo Program.
Hosted by House Speaker Mike Johnson, the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony will take place inside Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Nelson is expected to be among the speakers.
Medal Information
Introduced by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson on Feb. 27, 2019, H.R.1396 – Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act – was signed into law later that year. Awards will include:
* Congressional Gold Medal to Katherine Johnson, in recognition of her service to the United States as a mathematician
* Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Christine Darden, for her service to the United States as an aeronautical engineer
* Congressional Gold Medals in commemoration of the lives of Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, in recognition of their service to the United States during the space race
* Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of all the women who served as computers, mathematicians, and engineers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and NASA between the 1930s and the 1970s.
For more information about NASA missions, visit:
-end-
TO RECEIVE NASA NEWS RELEASES
Additional Insight
This Congressional Gold Medal ceremony highlights the often overlooked contributions of women, particularly African American women, to the field of mathematics and science during the space race era. Katherine Johnson, along with her colleagues like Dr. Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, played crucial roles in the success of NASA’s missions and the Apollo Program. Their recognition not only honors their individual achievements but also symbolizes the importance of diversity and inclusion in STEM fields.
