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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 261
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 20, 1994
Received
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To honor the United States astronauts who flew in space
as a part of the program of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration to reach and explore the
Moon.
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 sur-
face of the Moon carrying a crew of 2 astronauts;
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Whereas a total of 24 American astronauts flew to the vicin-
ity 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 achieve-
ments 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 fly-
ing 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
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7), Charles Moss Duke, Jr. (Apollo 16), Donn Fulton
Eisele (Apollo 7), Ronald Ellwin Evans (Apollo 17), Theo-
dore 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 Arthur Lovell, Jr. (Gemini 7,
Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13), Thomas Kenneth Mat-
tingly 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. (Mercury-Redstone
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
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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’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 19, 1994.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.