[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8436]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 ENDEAVOUR AND SENATOBIA MIDDLE SCHOOL

  (Mr. NUNNELEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. NUNNELEE. Mr. Speaker, at 2:35 a.m., Endeavor landed safely 
following its final trip into space. As Endeavor retires after its 25th 
mission, it lives on with a unique legacy: the only space shuttle named 
by children.
  In 1989, Senatobia, Mississippi, Middle School was the national 
winner in a competition to name a new spacecraft. Their mission? To 
come up with a name that captured the spirit of America's mission in 
space.
  On May 16, two decades later, as Endeavor launched its final mission, 
those elementary children are now adults, and the spirit and excitement 
of that final flight was felt most in Senatobia, Mississippi. As the 
Senatobia-1, a balloon built and flown by students, was launched, it 
was filled with signatures wishing Congresswoman Giffords a speedy 
recovery and captured beautiful images of their beloved spaceship as it 
took to the skies for one last time.

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