QUEEN ELIZABETH II TOURS NASA CENTER IN MARYLAND
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip are presented with a plaque by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), and Rep. Steny Hoyer, (D-MD) as they visit NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Maryland, on May 8, 2007. At left are Mr. Leo Beckett, and UK Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett. (UPI Photo/Bill O'Leary/POOL)
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