[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12181]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRATULATING UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SPACE 
                                 LAUNCH

  (Mr. COFFMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the men and 
women of United Launch Alliance on another successful space launch on 
Thursday. United Launch Alliance, or ULA, is headquartered in 
Centennial, Colorado, and has provided assured access to space since 
2006.
  ULA's most recent launch propelled NASA's OSIRIS-REx into space. The 
payload will travel to a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu, map the 
chemical elements on the asteroid's surface, and then return a sample 
to Earth in 2023.
  This launch marks ULA's 111th consecutive successful space launch. 
This amazing success record is a testament to the hard work of ULA's 
dedicated team of professionals.
  Congratulations on a job well done.

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