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美国西部时间24日8时39分，“亚特兰蒂斯”号航天飞机载着7名宇航员安全降落在加利福尼亚州爱德华兹空军基地，圆满完成了对哈勃太空望远镜最后一次维护的飞行任务。

这是“亚特兰蒂斯”号航天飞机第126次太空飞行，它原定于22日在佛罗里达州肯尼迪航天中心降落，但由于天气原因，降落被连续两次推迟，最终确定于24日在加州爱德华兹空军基地降落。尽管航天飞机成功降落，但美国航天局将要多花费200万美元将航天飞机从爱德华兹空军基地运回肯尼迪航天中心。

President Obama marked Memorial Day weekend with the promise to America's fighting men and women, it came during his weekly address.

"That's why I will send our service men and women into harm's way only when it's necessary and ensure that they have the training and equipment they need when they enter the theater of war, that's why we're building a 21st century Department of Veterans Affairs with the largest single year funding increase in 3 decades, it's a commitment that will help us provide our veterans with the support and benefits they have earned, and expand quality healthcare to a half million more veterans.” The president and his family will spend most of the Memorial Day weekend at Camp David.

President Obama says he is saddened by the death of former South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun, the South Korean government says he committed suicide by jumping from a hill near his home. Roh left office last year. He was being investigated in a bribery scandal.

Atlantis space shuttle will stay in orbit for at least one more day, NASA postponed the landing again today because of the bad weather at the Kennedy space center in Florida. The next opportunity tomorrow, 10: 11 AM, Eastern.

And NASA maybe get its first African-American administrator, President Obama has picked former astronaut and marine, General Charles Bolden to head the space agency. Bolden piloted 2 space shuttle missions and commended 2 others. The senate has to confirm the nomination.

News across America right now, police in Michigan say one man is dead after a seven-hour armed standoff with officers near Detroit. He was trying to serve the suspect in a vection notice when an officer was shot in the arm. And three people are recovering after a single engine plane crash-landed in a car lot outside Indianapolis yesterday, the pilot says he was trying to land at a nearby airstrip when he clipped some power lines, one person on the ground suffered a broken leg.