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Discovery Approaches Space Station as Debris Nears, Too

Mar. 16, 2009
Seven astronauts raced to the international space station aboard space shuttle Discovery on Monday as part of an old Soviet satellite closed in.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Space shuttle Discovery is on the first leg of its way back to the Earth as it left the International Space Station Saturday.

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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