[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 251 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 251

  Congratulating all of the individuals and organizations on the 15th 
   anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope that have 
 helped make Hubble one of the most important astronomical instruments 
                              in history.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2005

   Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
Gordon, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. Ruppersberger) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                               on Science

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Congratulating all of the individuals and organizations on the 15th 
   anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope that have 
 helped make Hubble one of the most important astronomical instruments 
                              in history.

Whereas on April 25, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed into orbit 
        about the Earth;
Whereas in 1993 the COSTAR corrective optics system was successfully installed 
        on Hubble to counter the effects of spherical aberrations on Hubble's 
        primary mirror;
Whereas in the last 15 years the Hubble Space Telescope has taken more than 
        700,000 images and probed more than 22,000 celestial objects;
Whereas discoveries enabled by the Hubble Space Telescope have revolutionized 
        our understanding of the universe over the last 15 years by providing 
        proof of black holes, insights into the birth and death of stars, 
        spectacular views of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's collision with Jupiter, 
        refined estimates of the age of the Universe, and evidence that the 
        expansion of the Universe is accelerating;
Whereas nearly 3,900 astronomers from all over the world have used images from 
        the Hubble Space Telescope to probe the universe and 4,000 scientific 
        papers have been published using Hubble results;
Whereas the Hubble Space Telescope has become a symbol of scientific excellence 
        to the public at large; and
Whereas the awe-inspiring scientific discoveries from the Hubble Space Telescope 
        reach millions of students each year and have been important in 
        encouraging students to study the sciences: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes that results from the Hubble Space Telescope 
        have made extraordinary contributions to scientific research 
        and education; and
            (2) on the 15th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble 
        Space Telescope, congratulates all of the individuals and 
        organizations that have helped make the Hubble Space Telescope 
        one of the most important astronomical instruments in history.
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