Bill Text: TX HR223 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Christina H. Koch on completing the longest spaceflight by a female astronaut.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-23 - Reported enrolled [HR223 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR223-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 223 | ||
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| WHEREAS, NASA astronaut Christina H. Koch set a record for | ||
| the longest spaceflight by a woman on February 6, 2020, when she | ||
| returned from a 328-day mission aboard the International Space | ||
| Station; and | ||
| WHEREAS, With her long voyage, Ms. Koch gave scientists a | ||
| vital opportunity to study the long-term effects of spaceflight on | ||
| female astronauts; she also participated in a number of research | ||
| projects, including investigations of fresh food production, | ||
| vertebral strength, kidney health, and the behavior of fire in | ||
| space; in addition, she studied how a protein key in the growth of | ||
| cancer crystallizes in microgravity; she and a fellow astronaut | ||
| conducted the first all-female spacewalk as well; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Koch attended North Carolina State University, | ||
| where she earned bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering and | ||
| physics and a master's degree in electrical engineering; in 2001, | ||
| she graduated from the NASA Academy program at Goddard Space Flight | ||
| Center; she worked in instrument development at NASA Goddard Space | ||
| Flight Center's Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics and at the | ||
| Space Department of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics | ||
| Laboratory; furthermore, she was a research associate in the United | ||
| States Antarctic Program and conducted remote scientific field work | ||
| at Palmer Station in Antarctica, Summit Station in Greenland, and | ||
| NOAA's Global Monitoring Division Baseline Observatory in Barrow, | ||
| Alaska; she also served as station chief of the American Samoa | ||
| Observatory; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2013, Ms. Koch was named one of eight members of | ||
| the 21st NASA astronaut class, and she was assigned to her first | ||
| spaceflight five years later; she is the recipient of numerous | ||
| accolades, among them the NASA Group Achievement Award; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Christina Koch has made many significant | ||
| contributions to our nation's space program, and her record-setting | ||
| flight is a source of inspiration to people the world over; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Christina H. Koch on completing the | ||
| longest spaceflight by a female astronaut and extend to her sincere | ||
| best wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Koch as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Middleton | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 223 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 18, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
