NASA's 'Hidden Figures' to receive Congressional Gold Medals

(NEXSTAR) - House Speaker Mike Johnson is set to host an event Wednesday recognizing several women who contributed to the space race.
Administrator Bill Nelson will represent NASA at the ceremony, which will honor several NASA mathematicians who helped land the first astronauts on the moon in 1969 under the agency's Apollo Program.The women are often referred to as the "Hidden Figures" of the space race, and were the subject of both a book and film of the same name.The push to honor them was fir