Whereas the aerospace industry and other government partners, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Armed Forces of the United States of America, have led the way in space exploration, research, and security in the 20th and 21st centuries; Whereas Congress has spearheaded America’s space endeavors, founding NASA, the Space Force, by supporting the National Reconnaissance Office, fostering the commercial space sector's growth, and cementing partnerships with key research centers such as The Aerospace Corporation, Project Air Force, the Center for Naval Analysis, Jet Propulsion Labs, and all other entities and agencies driving the United States global leadership and innovation in space; Whereas NASA developed the Apollo Space Program that launched numerous space exploration missions including the Apollo 11 Moon landing on July 20, 1969; Whereas NASA continues to develop far-reaching and high-profile programs that expand our scientific ability while inspiring leagues of students, such the Space Shuttle, which accomplished 135 crewed transportation missions from Earth-to-orbit from 1981 to 2011, the 5 Mars rover vehicles that have explored the surface of Mars since 1997, and the developing Moon exploration program Artemis; Whereas the James Webb Space Telescope represents a pinnacle of international collaboration in space exploration, led by NASA, showcasing the United States commitment to leading globally-coordinated scientific endeavors to unlock insights into our cosmic origins and our future; Whereas the ingenuity of aerospace scientists, engineers, astronauts, and others continue to discover and invent a wide variety of space-related technologies and applications that have benefited humankind, such as the global positioning system whose invention and now daily use is one example of the life-changing impact on our way of life