HJR50 Summary

• Proclaims March 5, 2024, as Space Day in the State of Alabama.

• Recognizes NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center for generating $8.3 billion in economic impact and supporting more than 41,000 jobs across Alabama.

• Highlights Marshall Space Flight Center's major accomplishments including the Space Launch System for Artemis Missions, International Space Station, Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Telescope, and Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

• Honors seven NASA astronauts from Alabama—Clifton Williams, Henry Hartsfield, Kathy Thornton, James Voss, Mae Jemison, Jan Davis, and Kathryn Hire—who collectively spent over 320 days in space across 18 Space Shuttle flights.

• Acknowledges Mae Jemison as the first African American in space and Jan Davis's historic flight aboard STS-47 in 1992.