Space shuttle Discovery atop a 747 carrier jet departs the Kennedy Space Center, Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Discovery is being transported to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. (AP Photo/John Raoux) More »
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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
In its final flight before heading to the Smithsonian air museum, the space shuttle Discovery took off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral this morning riding on the back of a modified Boeing 747. The shuttle flew over sever... 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