[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 13, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5782-S5783]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    RECOGNIZING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF AEROJET'S REDMOND, WASHINGTON, 
                               EMPLOYEES

 Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, today I am joined with my 
colleague, Senator Cantwell, to recognize the employees of Aerojet-
General Corporation's Redmond, WA, research, development and production 
facility. Aerojet-Redmond has recently been selected by the United 
Space Alliance to receive the Space Flight Awareness Supplier Award for 
Aerojet's sustained superior performance as a key supplier on NASA's 
space shuttle program over the course of nearly 30 years. This most 
significant achievement will be commemorated with a presentation from 
United Space Alliance and celebration ceremony held at Aerojet's 
facility in Redmond, WA, on Thursday, July 8, 2010.
  Aerojet is a world-recognized aerospace and defense leader 
principally serving the space and missile propulsion, defense and 
armaments markets. Aerojet Redmond propulsion has been on every NASA 
manned space flight mission and has enabled the United States to visit 
every planet in the solar system. The Space Flight Awareness Supplier 
Award is a very prestigious award bestowed upon United Space Alliance 
supplier companies--from among over 2,000 active suppliers located 
throughout the United States--that have performed extraordinary work 
that added to safety, mission success, schedule compliance, and 
enhanced flight capability. Aerojet's Redmond Operations will be only 
the 21st company to receive this highly selective award.
  Aerojet-Redmond is the world leader in the in-space propulsion market 
and as such is the manufacturer of the 38 primary and 6 vernier 
reaction control thrusters used on every space shuttle mission. The 
shuttle's reaction control system is used to position the space shuttle 
during flight operations such as payload insertions and International 
Space Station docking.
  On the occasion of this most significant milestone, Senator Cantwell 
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I are proud to join together and lend our voices to congratulate and 
honor the more than 425 Aerojet workers in Redmond, WA, on a job well-
done. You have served our State and our Nation admirably for more than 
40 years.

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