Discovery Shuttle Flies over Washington D.C

Amidst a mackerel sky, a refreshing breeze, and comfortable temperatures near 70, Space Shuttle Discovery dramatically cruised above Washington, D.C. around 10 a.m. Tuesday morning. Mounted atop a Boeing 747 jet known as NASA 905, the shuttle was being ferried to Washington Dulles International Airport for delivery at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

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The space shuttle Discovery atop NASA 905 aircraft takes off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at about 7 a.m. EDT Tuesday morning. (NASA)