After travelling 142,917,535 miles, orbiting the planet 5,628 times and 39 flights, the space shuttle Discovery is taking one last trip to its permanent home at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Washington D.C. tomorrow. Being transported atop NASA’s specially outfitted 747 carrier, the famous space vehicle [...]
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For those who will be in the Washington, D.C., area Tuesday morning and would like to see space shuttle Discovery on the "fly-in" to its retirement home, the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum has some recommended viewing spots... Read Post
NASA's space shuttles are bound for New York, Los Angeles, Washington, and Cape Canaveral, Florida, the space agency announced Tuesday. Space shuttle Discovery will go to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udv... Read Post
Space Shuttle Discovery hitched a ride Tuesday morning from Florida's Kennedy Space Center to Washington D.C.'s Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, where it will live out its final days. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien, w... Read Post