Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Space shuttle discovery

  • WASHINGTON — Space shuttle Discovery, NASAs fleet leader and the worlds most flown spacecraft, lifted off for the last time on Tuesday (April 17) to be delivered to the Smithsonian for its permanent display.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • (CBS News) It was a different liftoff for Space Shuttle Discovery Tuesday as it hitched a ride from the Kennedy Space Center in Brevard, Fla., mounted atop a 747.
  • (CBS News)
  • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After three decades of space service, NASAs oldest and most traveled shuttle, Discovery, began its new life as a museum relic Tuesday with one final takeoff.
  • (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
  • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL (NASA/CNN) - The space shuttle Discovery will take to the skies, but not in the way youd think. It will be riding on the back of a 747. Feb.
  • (WAFB.com)
  • (CNN) -- You almost want to rub your eyes when you first see it. It doesnt seem real. It doesnt belong there. But there it is, the space shuttle Discovery mounted on top of a specially modified Boeing 747 airplane.
  • (Denver Channel)
  • workforce watched with pride today as Space Shuttle Discovery departed Kennedy Space Center on the back of a modified 747 jet, bound for its new home at the Smithsonian National Air Space Museum annex in Virginia.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • For those who will be in the Washington, D.C.
  • (NPR News)
  • (CBS/AP/WKMG) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery has one last mission to complete. On Tuesday, the leader of NASAs retired shuttle fleet will leave its home at Kennedy Space Center for the final time.
  • (CBS News)
  • Strapped to the back of a repurposed Boeing 747, this is how NASAs Space Shuttle Discovery will make its final flight.
  • (engadget)
  • After calling Floridas Space Coast home for three decades, its departure day for space shuttle Discovery. Shortly after 7 a.m.
  • (Central Florida News 13)

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