Images: Space Shuttle Discovery’s Final Voyage
Space shuttle Discovery atop a 747 carrier jet departs the Kennedy Space Center, Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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Space shuttle Discovery atop a 747 carrier jet taxis down the runway before leaving 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.
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Space shuttle Discovery makes a final pass over the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex rocket garden at Cape Canaveral on Tuesday
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Space shuttle Discovery makes a final pass over the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex rocket garden at Cape Canaveral, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Among those gathered at KSC were astronauts Hank Hartsfield, who was Commander on STS-41D, Discoverys maiden voyage, and Charlie Walker, who was a payload specialist on the same mission.
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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.
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Sixth-graders visiting the Capitol from the Stratford Academy in Macon, Ga., watch the final voyage of the space shuttle Discovery as it soars above Washington after a flight from Cape Canaveral.
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The Space shuttle Discovery, mounted on top of a modified 747, flies over the Atlantic Ocean as it makes a low pass over Cocoa Beach, Fla. for the final time heading to Washington D.C. and the Smithsonian. On Thursday, it will be towed to its permanent installation at the Smithsonians annex in Northern Virginia.
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Hitching a ride on top a special NASA Boeing 747 jet, the space shuttle Discovery soars past Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.
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Sixth-graders visiting the Capitol from the Stratford Academy in Macon, Ga., watch the final voyage of the space shuttle Discovery as it soars above Washington after a flight from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, April 17, 2012.
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The Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, flies over the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Tuesday.
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The space shuttle Discovery, atop a 747 carrier aircraft, makes a flyover at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va., Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Discovery, the longest-serving orbiter will be placed to its new home, the Smithsonians National Air and Space Museums Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.
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The space shuttle Discovery, atop a 747 carrier aircraft, makes a flyover Washington, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Discovery, the longest-serving was heading to its new home, the Smithsonians National Air and Space Museums Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.
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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.
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The Space Shuttle Discovery, attached to the back of a Boeing 747 airplane, passes over the Washington Monument, in Washington, Tuesday April 17, 2012.
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The Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, flies over the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Discovery is en route from Kennedy Space Center to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Udvar/Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport.
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The Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, flies over the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Discovery is en route from Kennedy Space Center to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Udvar/Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport.
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The Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, flies past the flags of the Washington Monument in Washington, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Discovery is en route from Kennedy Space Center to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Udvar/Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport.
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The space shuttle Discovery, sitting atop a 747 carrier aircraft, sits on the tarmac at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va on Tuesday.
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The space shuttle Discovery, sitting atop a 747 carrier aircraft lands, at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va., Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Discovery, the longest-serving orbiter will be placed to its new home, the Smithsonians National Air and Space Museums Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.
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