[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12048]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    RECOGNIZING THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA'S LUNAR AND PLANETARY LAB

  (Ms. McSALLY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. McSALLY. Mr. Speaker, it is launch day. I rise today to recognize 
the dedicated men and women at the University of Arizona's Lunar and 
Planetary Lab, who are leading NASA's historic OSIRIS-REx space 
mission.
  Launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, tonight, the OSIRIS-REx 
spacecraft will embark on a 7-year journey to the Bennu asteroid, where 
it will collect samples before returning to Earth. If successful, the 
mission will mark the first time a spacecraft has gathered samples from 
a moving asteroid.
  The University of Arizona's leadership of the OSIRIS-REx mission adds 
to its already impressive reputation in planetary sciences.
  I would like to extend my best wishes to all of the scientists at UA 
and elsewhere working on this project for a successful launch and 
mission.

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