>> TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY.

SO WHY AM I AT SPACE CENTER AT HOUSTON?

TRUTHS BE TOLD, I BROUGHT MY KIDS HERE FOR SPRING BREAK SO THEY COULD MAKE MISCHIEF WITH THE GRANDPARENTS BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO FIGURE OUT WHY I WANTED TO BE AT NASA ON THE DAY THAT CELEBRATES WOMEN.

THE -- ON THAT SIDE, PRESIDENT JOHNSON, WHO PUSHED THE AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAM.

IT WAS HERE EQUATIONS AND CALCULATIONS THAT GUIDED MULTIPLE MISSIONS INTO SPACE FROM LIFT-OFF TO SPLASH DOWN.

KATHRYN JOHNSON'S WORK WENT UNRECOGNIZED BY THE PUBLIC, ALTHOUGH THE ASTRONAUTS AND THE FOLKS HERE AT MISSION CONTROL SURELY NEW ABOUT IT.

SADLY, IT WAS 47 YEARS AFTER SHE SAVED THE APOLLO 13 MISSION WHEN SHE WAS 98 YEARS OLD THAT IT WAS FINALLY AWARDED THE MEDAL OF FREEDOM.

BAD MYTH.

NO WOMAN SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT THAT LONG TO HAVE HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS CELEBRATED.

LADIES, IT IS TIME WE ET THE CREDIT ND TAKE THE BOWS WE DESERVE.

I FOR ONE HAVE PERFECTED THE ART OF CELEBRATING ME.

I CLAP FOR MYSELF.

WHEN I DO A GOOD JOB, I'M LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW ABOUT IT.

HONEY, I TAKE OUR CLEAR CHANNEL BILLBOARDS AND PUT MY FACE ON T-SHIRTS AND I'M MAKING MY FRIENDS WEAR THEM, TOO.

I TOUT MY OWN HORN BECAUSE IF I WAIT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT, IT MAY NEVER GET DONE.

Mrs. JOHNSON'S GENIUS GOT MAN ON THE MOON BUT SHE NEVER DEMANDED THE MOON FOR SHEERSEVERAL.

LET'S DO IT, LADIES, LET'S BE BOLD, FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY.

GO TO YOUR JOB, TACK TO YOUR BOSS AND GO HOME AND TALK TO YOUR SPOUSE AND TELL THEM HOW AWESOME YOU ARE.

THROW IN THE SUN, GET SOME MILKY WAYS, BECAUSE YOU'RE A STAR, SHINING BRIGHT.

NOW, I WANT YOU TO GET OUTS THERE AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW BIT.