[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 27 (Monday, February 22, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S909]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       REMEMBERING EDGAR MITCHELL

 Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, I would like to take this 
opportunity to remember and honor the life of Ed Mitchell. Ed was one 
of our Nation's great space pioneers and one of only a handful of 
Americans to walk on the moon. Ed once said of his Apollo 14 crew: ``We 
went to the moon as technicians; we returned as humanitarians.'' Ed and 
his fellow Apollo astronauts not only inspired a generation of 
astronauts and explorers, they blazed the trail we are all now 
following as we continue to journey outward to Mars and beyond.
  Thank you, Ed.

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