Bill Text: IL HR0471 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Belleville astronaut Sandra Magnus on her trip into space aboard the space shuttle Endeavour.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-05-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0471 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0471-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Belleville | ||||||
4 | astronaut Sandra Magnus on her trip into space aboard the space | ||||||
5 | shuttle Endeavour; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Sandra Magnus was one of seven astronauts that | ||||||
7 | lifted off on November 14, 2008 from NASA's Kennedy Space | ||||||
8 | Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard NASA's space shuttle | ||||||
9 | Endeavour; and
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10 | WHEREAS, The crew's main mission was to outfit the space | ||||||
11 | station to support larger crews and perform necessary | ||||||
12 | maintenance on the orbiting laboratory; the 15-day mission | ||||||
13 | began with liftoff at 6:55 p.m;
when the rest of the crew | ||||||
14 | returned home, she remained in space; she replaced Flight | ||||||
15 | Engineer Gregory E. Chamitoff, who returned to earth with the | ||||||
16 | Endeavour crew; and
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17 | WHEREAS, She stayed on the space station for at least three | ||||||
18 | months where she served as a flight engineer and NASA science | ||||||
19 | officer; she also performed biological experiments on herself | ||||||
20 | while aboard the space station; she held several | ||||||
21 | space-to-school teleconferences with local schools during her | ||||||
22 | time on the space station; the Endeavour crew packed about |
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1 | 32,000 pounds of equipment to accomplish the main purpose of | ||||||
2 | its mission, preparing the space station for expansion; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Sandra Magnus has spent the past 10 years working | ||||||
4 | on pieces of the space station on the ground; although she | ||||||
5 | orbited the planet during the holidays last year, she was able | ||||||
6 | to teleconference with her mother on Thanksgiving and | ||||||
7 | Christmas; and
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8 | WHEREAS, During her time in space, she answered questions | ||||||
9 | posed by school children and adults and gave commentary about | ||||||
10 | her adventures; therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
12 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
13 | congratulate Sandra Magnus on her opportunity to travel in | ||||||
14 | space and wish her the best in all her future endeavors; and be | ||||||
15 | it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
17 | presented to Sandra Magnus as a symbol of our sincere respect | ||||||
18 | and esteem.
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