,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ddc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,june #ac1 #bjai,mr4
 ,posey 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,wilson of   
,florida1 ,mr4 ,babin1 and ,ms4 ,kendra 
,s4 ,horn of ,oklahoma7 submitted the   
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 
and ,technology  ,,resolution           
,recognizing the #ejth anniversary of   
the ,apollo #aa ,moon landing1 and for  
other purposes4  ,whereas1 on ,may #be1 
#aifa1 ,president ,john ,f4 ,kennedy    
announced before a special joint session
 of ,congress the dramatic and ambitious
 goal of sending an ,american safely to 
the ,moon before the end of the decade2 
,whereas1 on ,july #bj1 #aifi1 ,,nasa   
astronaut ,neil ,armstrong took the     
historic first steps on the ,moon and   
declared1 ,that's one small step for    
man1 one giant leap for mankind2        
,whereas ,,nasa built upon knowledge    
gleaned from the ,mercury and ,gemini   
programs that included sending          

astronauts into orbit from ,cape        
,canaveral and most of them splashing   
down off the coast of ,florida2 ,whereas
 the first #d crewed ,apollo flights    
tested the equipment used in the ,apollo
 program1 with the first flight in #aifh
 and the last in #aigb2 ,whereas the    
first ,apollo crew1 ,gus ,grissom1 ,ed  
,white1 and ,roger ,chaffee1 lost their 
lives in the line of service as they    
conducted a simulation on the launch pad
 in ,florida1 a flash fire broke out in 
their spacecraft2 ,whereas a total of   
#aa crewed ,apollo missions were        
conducted from ,kennedy ,space ,center  
in ,florida with #f lunar modules making
 a landing on the ,moon and a total of  
#ab astronauts walking on the ,moon2    
,whereas women and minorities were      
instrumental in the success of the      
,apollo #aa mission2 ,whereas ,margaret 
,hamilton1 the head of the ,software    
,engineering ,division of the ,,mit     
,instrumentation ,laboratory1 the first 
software engineer1 led the development  

of ,apollo flight software2 ,whereas    
,katherine ,johnson1 a pioneering       
,african-,american mathematician and the
 first woman to work in ,langley        
,research ,center's ,flight ,research   
,division to receive credit as author of
 a research report1 did the pioneering  
work to enable the rendezvous in lunar  
orbit that made ,apollo #aa possible2   
,whereas ,susan ,finley began her career
 as a computer programmer at the ,jet   
,propulsion ,laboratory and wrote       
software for the ,deep ,space ,network  
that enabled the transmission of        
,armstrong's famous words3 ,one small   
step for man1 one giant leap for        
mankind2 ,whereas ,frances ,poppy       
,northcutt1 the first female engineer in
 ,,nasa's ,mission ,control ,center in  
,houston1 was integral to the success of
 the ,apollo program2 ,whereas the      
,apollo missions laid the foundation for
 modern planetary science and built a   
legacy for future scientists2 ,whereas  
discoveries made during the ,apollo     

missions are still being applied1 with  
thousands of scientific papers published
 using ,apollo data2 ,whereas the       
,apollo project not only fulfilled      
,kennedy's goal of landing a man on the 
,moon1 but also achieved his diplomatic 
goal of ,cold ,war rivals working       
together when in #aige1 the             
,apollo-,soyuz ,test ,project saw the   
last ,apollo spacecraft dock with a     
,soviet ,soyuz1 and crews conducted     
joint operations in orbit2 ,whereas     
,,nasa established the technology to    
meet national interests in space1       
achieving preeminence in space for the  
,united ,states by carrying out a       
program of scientific exploration of the
 ,moon2 ,whereas ,,nasa is now committed
 to returning to the ,moon in a         
sustainable way1 with innovative new    
technologies and systems to explore more
 locations across the surface than were 
ever thought possible1 and this time1   
when we go to the ,moon1 we will stay2  
,whereas ,,nasa's science1 technology1  

and human exploration activities touch  
every aspect of our lives2 ,whereas the 
space industry generates more than      
#djj1jjj1jjj1jjj in economic activity2  
,whereas in ,florida alone1 the space   
industry impact totals #ai1jjj1jjj1jjj  
annually and #acj1jjj jobs2 and ,whereas
 more than #a1gjj1jjj people visited the
 ,kennedy ,space ,center's ,visitor     
,complex in #bjah to view many rocket   
launches and see the space shuttle      
,atlantis1 the ,saturn ,v rocket1       
,apollo #ad command module1 and mockups 
of the capsules that took astronauts to 
the ,moon3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that
 the ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7  
celebrates the #ejth anniversary of the 
,apollo #aa ,moon landing2  7#b7 honors 
astronauts ,neil ,armstrong1 ,buzz      
,aldrin1 ,michael ,collins1 and the     
women and men of ,,nasa and its         
contractors1 and the support of the     
,american taxpayers1 without whose      
support the ,apollo program would not   
have been possible2  7#c7 reiterates its

 support for returning humans to the    
,moon by #bjbd1 and to ,mars and beyond2
  7#d7 supports the selection of a      
diverse lunar exploration crew1         
including women and minorities2 and     
7#e7 supports continued ,united ,states 
leadership in space4