YUKON, Oklahoma, March 19 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on March 18, 2024: * * * House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Frank Lucas released the following statement today after the passing of NASA trailblazer and Weatherford native, General Tom Stafford: "Oklahoma, the United States, and the entire world mourn the loss of one of mankind's greatest explorers and trailblazers. General Tom Stafford's contributions to the early Gemini program, th  more