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Article: REP. CRAMER HONORS NASA EMPLOYEES ON 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 6, 2006
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Rep. Robert E. 'Bud' Cramer Jr., D-Ala. (5th CD), issued the following press release:
Rep. Bud Cramer (Ala.-05) honored Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen, and the men and women of NASA today by sponsoring a resolution congratulating NASA on the 25th Anniversary of the first launch of the Space Shuttle. Cramer, an original cosponsor of the resolution, said the House of Representatives unanimously approved the bill.
NASA first launched the Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981 with test pilots, Commander Young and Pilot Crippen. This historic flight was the first launch of a spacecraft designed to be re-usable. Over the past twenty-five years, NASA has flown a total of 114 manned ...