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All systems go for Hubble repair mission

May. 10, 2009
The fifth and final servicing expedition is unusually risky. But NASA officials say they will do everything possible to ensure the safety of the Atlantis shuttle crew. After 19 years of service, during which time it has provided the most eye-popping images ever of galaxies, nebulae and, most...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch