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Afrikaans: Koningin Elizabeth II van die Verenigde Koninkryk. Die foto is geneem tydens 'n besoek deur haar aan die NASA se Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland, VSA.
English: Her Majesty Queen, aged 81, of the United Kingdom. Photo taken during a visit in NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre. Greenbelt, Maryland, USA.

Original Caption from NASA:

Queen Elizabeth II greets employees on her walk from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center mission control to a reception in the centre’s main auditorium in Greenbelt, Maryland where she was presented with a framed Hubble image by Congressman Steny Hoyer and Senator Barbara Mikulski. Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, visited the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre as one of the last stops on their six-day United States visit.
Français : La Reine Élisabeth II du Royaume-Uni. Photo prise au cours d'une visite du Goddard Space Flight Centre de la NASA, à Greenbelt, dans le Maryland (États-Unis).
Date 8 May 2007
Source http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2007/queen_egress_8.html
Author NASA/Bill Ingalls
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