H. Con. Res. 261 Agreed to July 20, 1994

One Hundred Third Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four

Concurrent Resolution

Whereas on May 25, 1961, the President of the United States established a goal for the country to land a man on the Moon

and return him safely to Earth before the end of the decade; Whereas in furtherance of that goal, 34 American astronauts flew

27 missions in space;

Whereas in their efforts to achieve that goal, 3 astronauts died in the tragic Apollo 204 fire on the launch pad and 4 others

died in T–38 crashes while in training; Whereas the goal of the President was achieved on July 20, 1969 when the Lunar Module, Eagle, landed on the surface of the

Moon carrying a crew of 2 astronauts;

Whereas a total of 24 American astronauts flew to the vicinity

of the Moon and 12 of them landed on and explored its surface;

Whereas the successful execution of the program to reach and

explore the Moon was one of the greatest achievements in the

history of mankind;

Whereas the hardware and astronauts involved in the Lunar program subsequently flew 3 Skylab missions, and 1 international

Apollo-Soyuz mission;

Whereas the astronauts who put their lives on the line by flying

in space in the execution of that program are true national

heroes; and

Whereas these astronauts should receive popular recognition from

a grateful Nation for their tremendous achievement: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That henceforth Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11), William

Alison Anders (Apollo 8), Neil Alden Armstrong (Gemini 8, Apollo

11), Charles Arthur Bassett II (died in T–38 crash), Alan LaVern

Bean (Apollo 12, Skylab 3), Frank Borman (Gemini 7, Apollo 8),

Vance DeVoe Brand (Apollo-Soyuz), Malcolm Scott Carpenter (Mercury-Atlas 7), Gerald Paul Carr (Skylab 4), Eugene Andrew Cernan

(Gemini 9, Apollo 10, Apollo 17), Roger Bruce Chaffee (Apollo 204),

Michael Collins (Gemini 10, Apollo 11), Charles Conrad, Jr. (Gemini

5, Gemini 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 2), Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr. (Mercury-Atlas 9, Gemini 5), Ronnie Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7),

Charles Moss Duke, Jr. (Apollo 16), Donn Fulton Eisele (Apollo

7), Ronald Ellwin Evans (Apollo 17), Theodore Cordy Freeman

(died in T–38 crash), Owen Kay Garriott (Skylab 3), Edward George

Gibson (Skylab 4), John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (Mercury-Atlas 6),

Richard Francis Gordon, Jr. (Gemini 11, Apollo 12), Virgil Ivan

Grissom (Mercury-Redstone 4, Gemini 3, Apollo 204), Fred Wallace

Haise, Jr. (Apollo 13), James Benson Irwin (Apollo 15), Joseph

Peter Kerwin (Skylab 2), Jack Robert Lousma (Skylab 3), James
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Arthur Lovell, Jr. (Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13),

Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II (Apollo 16), James Alton McDivitt

(Gemini 4, Apollo 9), Edgar Dean Mitchell (Apollo 14), William

Reid Pogue (Skylab 4), Stuart Allen Roosa (Apollo 14), Walter

Marty Schirra, Jr. (Mercury-Atlas 8, Gemini 6, Apollo 7), Harrison

Hagan Schmitt (Apollo 17), Russell Louis Schweickart (Apollo 9),

David Randolph Scott (Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15), Elliot McKay

See, Jr. (died in T–38 crash), Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (MercuryRedstone 3, Apollo 14), Donald Kent Slayton (Apollo-Soyuz), Thomas

Patten Stafford (Gemini 6, Gemini 9, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz),

John Leonard Swigert, Jr. (Apollo 13), Paul Joseph Weitz (Skylab

2), Edward Higgins White II (Gemini 4, Apollo 204), Clifton Curtis

Williams, Jr. (died in T–38 crash), Alfred Merrill Worden (Apollo

15), and John Watts Young (Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo

16) shall carry the honorary title Space Emissary and shall be

referred to as ‘‘The Honorable’’.

Attest:

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate.