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The space shuttle Discovery mated atop a 747 carrier aircraft sits on the tarmac at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va., Tuesday.
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Space Shuttle's final flight
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Posted: April 18, 2012
The Associated Press
The Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, flies over the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday en route from Kennedy Space Center to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Udvar/Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport. The oldest surviving shuttle, Discovery holds the all-time record with 39 missions, 148 million miles, 5,830 orbits of Earth, and 365 days spent in space. All that was achieved in under 27 years. Photos bv the Associated Press and NASA.
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