Rep. Kishman Announces Passage of Bill to Designate NASA Day of Remembrance

COLUMBUS—The Ohio House of Representatives today passed legislation to designate the fourth Thursday of January as NASA Day of Remembrance, announced State Representative Matthew Kishman (R-Minerva). 

House Bill 293 aims to provide Ohioans an annual opportunity to honor the lives lost in pursuit of space exploration and scientific discovery, including the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia. 

“We owe to those pioneering spirits not just the courtesy of our remembrance, but our persistent and diligent furtherance of the mission for American supremacy within, and understanding of, our cosmos,” said Kishman.

Ohio is known as the birthplace of aviation and ranks fourth in the nation for producing astronauts, with 26 calling the state home.

The legislation now moves to the Ohio Senate for consideration.