18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has |
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19 | 19 | | contributed numerous advancements to the world in science |
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20 | 20 | | and rocket propulsion technology over the past six decades, |
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21 | 21 | | including taking Americans to the moon; and |
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22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Marshall Space Flight Center is responsible |
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23 | 23 | | for generating $8.3 billion in economic impact while |
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24 | 24 | | supporting more than 41,000 jobs across Alabama; Marshall |
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25 | 25 | | Space Flight Center serves as a major economic development |
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26 | 26 | | asset and technology magnet for Alabama and the Southeast; |
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28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Marshall Space Flight Center brings |
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29 | 29 | | additional benefits to the state through continued advanced |
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30 | 30 | | discoveries, STEM outreach, strengthening national security, |
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31 | 31 | | deepening partnerships across the country and around the |
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32 | 32 | | world, and inspiring a new generation of scientists, |
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33 | 33 | | engineers, and explorers; and |
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34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, Marshall Space Flight Center, through a |
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35 | 35 | | strong legacy of accomplishments, such as the Space Launch |
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36 | 36 | | System for the Artemis Missions, the International Space |
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37 | 37 | | Station, Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Telescope, |
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38 | 38 | | Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry |
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39 | 39 | | Explorer Mission, is developing robust missions to expand |
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40 | 40 | | understanding of our planet, solar system, and the universe; |
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72 | 72 | | WHEREAS, NASA Astronauts Clifton Williams, Henry |
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73 | 73 | | Hartsfield, Kathy Thornton, James Voss, Mae Jemison, Jan |
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74 | 74 | | Davis, and Kathryn Hire, each from Alabama, have spent over |
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75 | 75 | | 320 days in space across 18 flights of the Marshall-managed |
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76 | 76 | | Space Shuttle Program, with Jemison, the first African |
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77 | 77 | | American in space, and Davis flying together aboard STS-47 |
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78 | 78 | | in 1992; and |
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79 | 79 | | WHEREAS, Alabamians are exceedingly proud of the |
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80 | 80 | | distinguished achievements of Marshall Space Flight Center |
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81 | 81 | | and the advances in space exploration, technology, and |
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82 | 82 | | science it has produced for the benefit of all humanity; now |
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84 | 84 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, BOTH |
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85 | 85 | | HOUSES THEREOF CONCURRING, That we hereby proclaim March 5, |
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86 | 86 | | 2024, as Space Day in the State of Alabama. |
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