Space shuttle Discovery lands in D.C. makes final takeoff flies over to cheers and warnings salutes nation's capital takes off from Kennedy Center on its flight at new home near DC poised for Shuttles Head For Final Destinations ready voyage museum taking — the Smithsonian Comment

Space Shuttle Discovery Lands in Washington D.C. for Smithsonian Display This story was updated at 11:36 a.m. EDT. Shuttle makes Washington flypast The retired space shuttle Discovery lands after a dramatic flypast over the centre of the US capital, on its way to retirement in a national museum. Shuttle Hitches Ride For Final Flight The space shuttle Discovery has arrived in Washington after a final flight that saw it piggybacking on a jumbo jet, on its way to a museum in Virginia. Space shuttle Discovery makes final takeoff After three decades of space service, NASA's oldest and most traveled shuttle, Discovery, began its new life as a museum relic Tuesday with one final takeoff. Discovery has more than 148M miles clocked The space shuttle Discovery took its last flight Tuesday from Florida's Kennedy Space Center to Washington, where its final destination will be the Smithsonian. Space shuttle Discovery gives high-flying salute to nation's capitol On Thursday, it will be towed to its permanent installation at the Smithsonian's annex in northern Virginia. Space shuttle Discovery lands in D.C. for final stop Endeavour will head to Los Angeles this fall. Atlantis will remain at Kennedy. Discovery makes final touchdown in D.C. Discovery will replace Enterprise which now sits in the Smithsonian The space shuttle Discovery took its last flight Tuesday from Florida's Kennedy Space Center to Washington, where its final destination will be the Smithsonian. Space Shuttle Discovery takes off for Smithsonian on the back of jumbo jet Shuttle Discovery, pictured, has departed Florida's Kennedy Space Center aboard a modified jumbo jet, and bound for Washington, where it will be a Smithsonian exhibit. Space Shuttle Discovery Finishes Its Last Flight Carried atop a jumbo jet, it flew to its retirement home at the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in the Northern Virginian suburbs of Washington, D.C.
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