HOUSE PASSES CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON’S RESOLUTION HONORING NASA’S ASSISTANCE IN THE RESCUE OF 33 TRAPPED CHILEAN MINERS

Washington, DC – (Tuesday 16, 2010) – Congresswoman Johnson congratulated engineers, scientists, psychologists and staff of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) today on the House floor for helping to successfully rescue 33 trapped Chilean miners from a collapsed mine near Copiapo, Chile.

A team of NASA personnel from the Johnson Space Center in Texas and the Langley Research Center was assembled, including two medical doctors, a psychologists and an engineer who traveled to Chile to support the Chilean government’s rescue efforts.

“The NASA team worked diligently and tirelessly to provide input and information that could help preserve the health and well-being of the 33 trapped minors during and after their confinement, as well as aid in their rescue,” said Congresswoman Johnson.


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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and a senior member of the Science Committee. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas, which, includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Turtle Creek, Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.