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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: 'Hidden Figures' of the Space Race Honored at Congressional Gold Medals Ceremony [Watch (HLS stream): 'Hidden Figures' of the Space Race Honored at Congressional Gold Medals Ceremony](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/leT6UuWu.m3u8) (3:16)  _Published 2024-09-19. The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony on Wednesday. The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden at the U.S. Capitol. Darden watched the ceremony from her Connecticut home._ --- Sep 19, 2024 9:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [World War II 'Ghost Army' Receives Congressional Gold Medal](/video/Swvdcri9/) ### World War II 'Ghost Army' Receives Congressional Gold Medal [Mandela: Congressional Gold Medal Acceptance - September 23, 1998](/video/o67KZyKn/) ### Mandela: Congressional Gold Medal Acceptance - September 23, 1998 [Medal of Honor/Linkin Park trailer](/video/NwQBmWJ8/) ### Medal of Honor/Linkin Park trailer --- ## Transcript Ss Margaret Lee Sheare miss Andrea Mozi and the families of Katherine Johnson, doctor Kristin Darden, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughn. The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest honor that Congress can bestow upon any group or individual, and we give it to show our national appreciation for the achievements and contributions of Great Americans. Today, pursuant to HR 13 96, we have the great pleasure of finally awarding this medal to the hidden figures. As you all know, this has been a long time coming. It was now many decades after these women began working for our nation space agencies that we finally get to do appropriate honor for their work. You know these names well? Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, and doctor Christine Darden. In the history of Congress, we've only had a few occasions where we've been able to recognize those who've helped us explore what is the final frontier. At a time in America, when our nation was divided by color and often by gender, these women dared to step into the fields where they had previously been unwelcomed. They excelled in science and math and made groundbreaking contributions in aeronautics. But these women didn't just crunch numbers and solve equations for the space program. They actually laid the very foundation upon which our rockets launched and our astronauts flew and our nation soared. And although we call them hidden figures, we shouldn't think of them merely as supporting characters in the American Story of Space Exploration. They were the engineers and mathematicians who actually wrote the story itself. The pioneers that we honor today, these hidden figures. Their courage and imagination brought us to the moon. And their lessons. Their legacy will send us back to the moon, and then imagine just imagine when we leave our footprints on the red sands of Mars. Thanks to these people who are part of our NASA family, we will continue to sail on the cosmic sea to far off cosmic shores. This gold medal ceremony celebrates the heroic contributions of four pioneering, patriotic and powerful engineers, mathematicians, researchers, and other women who stand on their shoulders, whose collective intellect, ingenuity, and innovation. 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