PRINTER'S NO. 2920
No. 520 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY TURZAI, BAKER, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BOYD, BRENNAN,
BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, COSTA, COX, CREIGHTON,
DALLY, DENLINGER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, ELLIS, FAIRCHILD,
FLECK, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GODSHALL,
GRUCELA, HARPER, HELM, HENNESSEY, HORNAMAN, JAMES, M. KELLER,
KENNEY, KORTZ, MACKERETH, MANTZ, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, MELIO,
MENSCH, METCALFE, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, R. MILLER, MOUL, MUSTIO,
NAILOR, PAYNE, PICKETT, PYLE, RAMALEY, RAPP, READSHAW,
REICHLEY, ROAE, ROEBUCK, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR,
SCAVELLO, SHIMKUS, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STERN,
R. STEVENSON, SURRA, J. TAYLOR, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WALKO,
WATSON, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, DECEMBER 4, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
DECEMBER 4, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring Stephen N. Frick, Commander, United States Navy, on
2 leading the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
3 space shuttle mission STS-122 to the International Space
4 Station in December 2007.
5 WHEREAS, Commander Stephen N. Frick, a native of Gibsonia,
6 Pennsylvania, will command the space shuttle Atlantis during its
7 11-day mission to the International Space Station; and
8 WHEREAS, The shuttle is scheduled for a December 6, 2007,
9 launch date from Cape Canaveral, Florida; and
10 WHEREAS, The purpose of space shuttle mission STS-122 and its
11 crew of seven astronauts is to deliver the European Space
12 Agency's Columbus Laboratory to the International Space Station;
13 and
1 WHEREAS, Space shuttle mission STS-122 will be the eighth
2 time Atlantis has visited the International Space Station; and
3 WHEREAS, Commander Frick is a 1982 graduate of Pine-Richland
4 High School in Gibsonia; and
5 WHEREAS, Commander Frick earned a bachelor of science degree
6 in aerospace engineering from the United States Naval Academy in
7 1986 and a master of science degree in aeronautical engineering
8 from the United States Naval Postgraduate School in 1994; and
9 WHEREAS, Following his designation as a naval aviator in
10 1988, Commander Frick participated in Operation Desert Shield
11 and Operation Desert Storm, flying 26 combat missions from the
12 Red Sea to targets in Iraq and Kuwait; and
13 WHEREAS, As a Navy pilot, Commander Frick has logged more
14 than 3,200 flight hours in 35 different aircraft and has made
15 370 aircraft carrier landings; and
16 WHEREAS, Commander Frick was selected by the National
17 Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in April 1996 and
18 reported to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, in
19 August 1996; and
20 WHEREAS, Having completed two years of training and
21 evaluation by NASA, Commander Frick qualified for flight
22 assignment as a pilot and was initially assigned technical
23 duties in the Astronaut Office Spacecraft Systems/Operations
24 Branch; and
25 WHEREAS, Commander Frick completed his first space flight as
26 a pilot on space shuttle mission STS-110, an 11-day mission in
27 2002; and
28 WHEREAS, Commander Frick has logged more than 259 hours in
29 space; therefore be it
30 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor Commander
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1 Stephen N. Frick with sincere appreciation for his leadership,
2 expertise and dedication as he embarks on space shuttle mission
3 STS-122 to the International Space Station in December 2007; and
4 be it further
5 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
6 Commander Stephen N. Frick.
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