That this House notes that 20 July 2019 is the 50th anniversary of the occasion when Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon; recognises the momentous nature of that event; and acknowledges the pride felt by many that Neil Armstrong's roots were in what is now Northern Ireland.

That this House notes that 20 July 2019 is the 50th anniversary of the occasion when Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon; recognises the momentous nature of that event; and acknowledges the pride felt by many that Neil Armstrong's roots were in what is now...

That this House recognises that 20 July 2019 marks 50 years since humanity first landed on the moon; remembers that NASA’s legendary Apollo 11 mission was launched by a Saturn V rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the ambition of landing a crew on the moon and returning them safely to earth; thanks the crew of three American astronauts, Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Buzz Aldrin; recalls that the Lunar module, nicknamed the Eagle, finally touched down on the moon on 20th July 1969; celebrates the legacy of Commander Armstrong who become the first human to ever set foot on the moon as he took one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind on to the lunar surface; further recognises that the moon landing represented the single greatest accomplishment in human history as it pushed the boundaries of what was believed to be possible and united humanity in a sense of collective endeavour and hopes that the spirit of Apollo 11 will inspire future generations to better understand the complexities of the universe.

That this House recognises that 20 July 2019 marks 50 years since humanity first landed on the moon; remembers that NASA’s legendary Apollo 11 mission was launched by a Saturn V rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the ambition of landing a crew on the moon and...

That this House commends NASA’s Opportunity Mars Rover at the end of its incredible 15-year mission exploring the surface of the red planet; understands that the last communication from the six-wheeled solar-powered robot came on 10 June 2018 just before it was enveloped by a dust storm; acknowledges that Opportunity’s mission was officially declared over on 13 February 2019 after exhaustive efforts by engineers to re-establish contact; recalls that Opportunity and its twin rover Spirit landed on Mars in January 2004 with the goal of investigating whether the planet ever had the conditions necessary to support life; recognises that the golf-buggy sized robots were designed to last just 90 Martian days and travel 1km but vastly exceeded that expectation with Spirit working for six years and logging a drive distance of almost 8km and Opportunity travelling 45km over 14.5 years; congratulates everyone at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the extraordinary scientific achievement of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission and on the contribution that it has made to humanity’s collective understanding of the solar system; wishes a very safe onward journey to the Curiosity Rover which landed in 2012 and is now the last surviving rover on Mars; and sends its sincere thanks to Opportunity, which has come to its final resting place in Mars’s Perseverance Valley at the end of its incredible journey.

That this House commends NASA’s Opportunity Mars Rover at the end of its incredible 15-year mission exploring the surface of the red planet; understands that the last communication from the six-wheeled solar-powered robot came on 10 June 2018 just before it was enveloped by a dust storm; acknowledges that Opportunity’s...