The Space Shuttle Discovery completed its final flight today but the iconic NASA spacecraft didn’t venture into space. Instead, the Space Shuttle Discovery hopped on the back of a jumbo jet and took a spin around Washington D.C. The Discovery, which completed 39 missions into space during its career with NASA, took off from Cape [...] Space Shuttle Discovery Completes Final Flight [Video]
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NASA mounted space shuttle Discovery on a jumbo jet in Florida in preparation for the retired orbiter's delivery to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. Read Post
The shuttle Discovery — NASA's most-flown space plane — will take one last flight this week, but will never leave the planet again. The shuttle's final mission is a piggyback ride atop a jumbo jet so Discovery can take its place as ... Read Post
The Space Shuttle Discovery will be making its final flight tomorrow morning, but the legendary spacecraft won’t be leaving the atmosphere. The NASA space plane will get a piggyback ride from a jumbo jet as it’s transported for stor... Read Post