A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union take such action as is necessary to name seven of the moons of Uranus discovered by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in honor of the crew members of the Challenger space shuttle who died on January 28, 1986.

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30 January 1986

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Referred to the Committee on Commerce.

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Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Nomenclature Committee of the International Astronomical Union take action to name seven of the ten moons of Uranus discovered by the Voyager 2 spacecraft after the space shuttle Challenger's crew.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-resolution/318
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