News Discovery to fly over Washington DC

[C3PO]

R I P :tiphat:

 

[Kyle]

Ironic that the call code for the SCA is 'PLUTO95', Pluto also being taken down from it's former glory..

 

[RisingFury]

Ironic that the call code for the SCA is 'PLUTO95', Pluto also being taken down from it's former glory..

Oh, don't start again.

 

[Cras]

I am sad.

 

[insanity]

I had a great view today from the White House

 

[MaverickSawyer]

 

[orb]

She's gone, gone, gone......

You can view high resolution photos from the departure in KSC Media Gallery.



NASA: Discovery Departs Kennedy Space Center

NASASpaceflight: Space Shuttle Discovery: Thank you and goodbye

CBS News Space: Shuttle Discovery heads for museum display

Aviation Week: Discovery Takes Off On Final Flight To Museum

Discovery News: Farewell, Shuttle Discovery

Florida Today:

• Discovery at home in Washington
  
  
• At both ends of Discovery's trip, a crowd-pleaser

collectSPACE:

• Space shuttle Discovery takes off on final flight to the Smithsonian
  
  
• Space shuttle Discovery lands in Washington for Smithsonian display
  
  
• Space shuttle Discovery lands in Washington for Smithsonian display (PHOTO GALLERY)

Universe Today:

• Gallery: Discovery Leaves Kennedy Space Center for the Final Time
  
  
• Shuttle Discovery Flies Over Washington D.C. to New Home
  
  
• Discovery Does Dulles & DC

SPACE.com:

• Space Shuttle Discovery Takes Off on Final Flight to the Smithsonian
  
  
• Space Shuttle Discovery Lands in Washington D.C. for Smithsonian Display
  
  
• Thousands Cheer Space Shuttle Discovery's Museum Arrival

Spaceflight Now:

• Spaceport to Smithsonian: Discovery flies away
  
  
• Artistic panorama of ferryflight takeoff
  
  
• PHOTOS: Discovery departure seen from the VAB (PHOTO GALLERY #1)
  
  
• PHOTOS: Discovery departure seen from the VAB (PHOTO GALLERY #2)
  
  
• Discovery buzzes over D.C. (PHOTO GALLERY #3)
  
  
• PHOTOS: Discovery soars over nation's capital (PHOTO GALLERY #4)
  
  
• PHOTOS: Discovery soars over nation's capital (PHOTO GALLERY #5)

 

[River Crab]

The world stops. Everyone everywhere is looking up. (notice the roof of the building in the background)

Discovery and her chase appear over the tree line!

The sight of something so impossibly big soaring over your head is almost surreal.

Welcome to your new home, Discovery.

...

 

[Kyle]

Thanks for the pictures guys. Quite an emotional day for OV-103. Here's a picture one of my relatives took as Discovery flew over Cocoa Beach.

 

[Notebook]

Its awful, I'm old enough to remmeber when the Enterprise was first on the 747 carrier, never thought this would happen.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17743804

N.

 

[Gerdih]

Sad and Beautiful Images...

 

[ky]

The world stops. Everyone everywhere is looking up. (notice the roof of the building in the background)

Discovery and her chase appear over the tree line!

The sight of something so impossibly big soaring over your head is almost surreal.

Welcome to your new home, Discovery.

...

In the last pic, 20+ years of reentries definetly shows up.

 

[Cras]

In the last pic, 20+ years of reentries definetly shows up.

She does need a good wash.

 

[mojoey]

The old girl is showin' her age.

 

[Cras]

The old girl is showin' her age.

Old? No, she is not old. She is in her prime.

 

[Unstung]

Wow, the 747 flew pretty low. Thirty-nine trips to orbit seems like too many yet too few.

 

[Andy44]

Checklist:

1. Blatantly blow off work: check
2. Jump on DC Metro to L'Enfant Station: check
3. Whip out camera loaded with B/W 35mm film just in time: check
4. Drop film off for developing while making up time at work all afternoon (because I'm not a government employee who can clock time while standing on a roof shuttle-watching): check
5. Upload photos to Orbiter Forum and show off: CHECK!

Not bad for being caught off guard. Can't wait to get these negs in the darkroom and do some nicer versions. 30 years of missing launches I finally get to see one of these things airborne.

 

[Interceptor]

Yep,I saw Discovey fly over Cocoa beach this morning,almost didn't make it in time,and it nearly brought a tears to my eyes seeing her leave KSC for the last time.

 

[orb]

SPACE.com:

• Crane Ballet to Hoist Space Shuttle Discovery from Carrier Plane
  
  
• Space Shuttle Closeup: Panoramic Photos Capture Discovery's Interior

 

[Notebook]

BBC Article:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17755597

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13763669

N.