[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H515]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            CONGRATULATIONS TO DURANGO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Nevada (Mrs. Lee) for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. LEE of Nevada. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as some extraordinary 
Durango High School students are making news and scientific history.
  A team from Nevada's Third District, Durango High School, recently 
became one of only 60 teams nationwide to win the NASA TechRise student 
challenge. This year the challenge was to design an experiment that 
could be tested on a NASA-sponsored balloon flight.
  The Durango team won with their entry, Project Nighthawk, which they 
will continue to work on for the rest of the school year. This summer, 
the project will be tested in a high-altitude balloon flight.
  This is a big deal, but I know it is just the start of some amazing 
endeavors into STEM that these Durango Trailblazers will make in their 
future careers. These students will be mentored by the best and the 
brightest researchers and have an invaluable opportunity to learn about 
the edge of the Earth's atmosphere.
  The ingenuity of these talented Nevadans reminds us that when it 
comes to exploration of our final frontier, the best is yet to come. I 
have no doubt that we will all benefit from their contributions in 
years to come.
  Congratulations, Durango High School's Project Nighthawk.

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