Bill Text: TX HR223 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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87R368 BPG-D
By: Middleton H.R. No. 223

R E S O L U T I O N
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.