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| Image above: Queen Elizabeth II, right, talks to
the International Space Station crew along with NASA Astronaut Michael
Foale, center, and NASA Administrator Michael Griffin from NASA’s
Goddard Space Flight Center‘s Operational Control Room, Tuesday,
May 8, 2007, in Greenbelt, Md. NASA Goddard was one of the last stops
on the Queen's six-day visit to the United States. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill
Ingalls |
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Queen Elizabeth II visits NASA and meets space station crew
Queen Elizabeth II visited NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in
Greenbelt, Maryland Tuesday morning.
NASA astronaut Michael Foale, KB5UAC, and NASA Administrator Mike Griffin,
NR3A, hosted the queen and introduced her to the Expedition 15 crew members
as they orbited the Earth.
Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, RN3FI, and flight engineers Oleg Kotov and
Suni Williams, KD5PLB, greeted Queen Elizabeth from the International
Space Station.
The crew members each spoke briefly to the queen describing life on the
space station and the importance of human space flight.
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