[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27730]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING ATLANTIS STS-129 FLIGHT CREW

  (Mr. BOCCIERI asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOCCIERI. Madam Speaker, Godspeed to Michael Foreman. It seems 
like a short time ago we were offering Godspeed to John Glenn. Mr. 
Foreman is among six members of the space shuttle Atlantis STS-129 
flight team which earlier today blasted off at 2:28, took off from 
NASA's Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral to begin an 11-day 
mission making repairs to the international space station. The crew 
includes: Mission Specialist Michael Foreman, Commander Charles 
Hobaugh, Pilot Barry Wilmore and other Mission Specialists Randy 
Bresnik, Leland Melvin, and Robert Satcher, Jr.
  As a mission specialist aboard this flight, Michael Foreman, from 
Wadsworth, Ohio, in my district, will participate in two of the 
mission's three space walks where he will install exterior equipment on 
the International space station. However, Mr. Foreman is no stranger to 
space travel. He has logged more than 380 hours in space and completed 
three previous space walks in other NASA missions.
  For his commitment to America's leadership and space exploration, 
Michael Foreman is a hometown hero, and he brings great pride to the 
city of Wadsworth and the 16th District. Please join me in wishing him 
and all members of the Atlantis STS-129 crew the best of luck on this 
important mission and a safe return on November 27.

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