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Space Shuttle Discovery - The Final Flight
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Space Shuttle Discovery left Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, April 17, 2012.

  • Space shuttle Discovery flies over Edgewater atop a modified 747 on its way to Washington - Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Photo: Tim Wilson)
  • The USA Mechanical Engineering Group stands at the shuttle landing facility with shuttle Discovery atop the SCA. Photo: Charlie Romeo
  • discovery takes off at Kennedy Space Center. (Photo: Carlos Rubert)
  • Discovery flies over the Pineda Causeway in Brevard County. (Photo: Shirley Forber)
  • Set amongst the morning dawn and patchy clouds, space shuttle Discovery flies over a crowd of well-wishers assembled on Cocoa Beach - Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Photo: Scott Fais)
  • Discovery flies over Cocoa Beach Pier. (Photo: Joanne McCurry)
  • Space shuttle Discovery, atop a modified 747, flies past the Bayside Condominiums, in Cape Canaveral - Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Photo: Elizabeth May)
  • Shuttle Discovery departure - Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Photo: John Woolsey)
  • Space shuttle Discovery flies over the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex atop a modified 747 - Tuesday, April 17, 2012.
  • Space shuttle Discovery, atop a modified 747, flies over the waters of Brevard County as the sun rises - Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Photo: Carol Monz)
  • Discovery piggy-backing on a modified 747.
  • Discovery flies over Lori Wilson Park, in Cocoa Beach - Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Photo: James Daniel)
  • Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing at the Kennedy Space Center - March 9, 2011. (Photo: NASA / Kim Shiflett)
  • Lunar eclipse over space shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center.
  • Space shuttle Discovery moved from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building.
  • Space shuttle Discovery rolls out to the launch pad.
  • Rollout of shuttle Discovery was slowed by lightning in the area of the Kennedy Space Center launch pad on August 4, 2009. Photo: Justin Dernier, EPA
  • Shuttle Discovery sits on Launch Pad 39A before the STS-119 mission. Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls
  • Space shuttle Discovery from the 195-foot level at Launch Pad 39A on July 2, 2001. Photo: Scott Andrews
  • Space shuttle Discovery in orbit on its way home to Earth for the final time.
  • Space shuttle Discovery in orbit on its final flight back to the Kennedy Space Center - March 7, 2011.
  • Discovery's Return to Flight crew examine the carbon-carbon wing on shuttle Discovery. Photo: NASA
  • First Lady Laura Bush and Florida Governor Jeb Bush watch shuttle Discovery launch on the return to flight mission on July 26, 2005. Photo: NASA
  • Space shuttle Discovery launches on STS-103, a Hubble servicing mission on December 19, 1999. Photo: NASA
  • Space shuttle Discovery launches on STS-103, a Hubble servicing mission on December 19, 1999. Photo: NASA
  • The vehicle processing team says a final goodbye and gathers for a photo in front of space shuttle Discovery after its exit from the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 in preparation for launch to the International Space Station for mission STS-120.
  • Space shuttle Discovery launches with astronaut John Glenn on October 29, 1998. Photo: NASA
  • Space shuttle Discovery arrives at Kennedy Space Center for the first time on October 9, 1983. Photo: NASA
  • Discovery lands in California after launching the Hubble Telescope in April, 1990. Photo: NASA
  • Discovery touched down at 11:57 a.m.
  • Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing at the Kennedy Space Center.
  • Shuttle Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center after STS-85 on August 19, 1997.
  • Shuttle Discovery lands at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility on June 6, 1999. Photo: NASA
  • Foam from space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank is seen breaking away and hitting the side of the shuttle, but NASA says it did not cause any serious damage.
  • Space shuttle Discovery launches on April 24, 1990 with the Hubble Telescope while shuttle Columbia sits on the pad. Photo: NASA
  • Space shuttle Discovery's liftoff is reflected in the water as it roars off to the International Space Station. (Photo: NASA / Sandra Joseph / Kevin O'Connell)
  • Space shuttle Discovery sits on the launch pad, awaiting its final launch.
  • Space shuttle Discovery returns to the launch pad ahead of its last scheduled launch.
  • Discovery on the launch pad with a new lightweight external fuel tank in June 1998.
  • Side-by-side rollout photos of space shuttles Discovery and Endeavour before each orbiter's final mission in 2011.
  • The final crew of space shuttle Discovery prepares for launch on February 24, 2011. Photo: NASA
  • Space shuttle Discovery starts performing a backflip in space, so cameras aboard the International Space Station can survey the underside of the shuttle for any damage.
  • Space shuttle Discovery makes its first launch on August 30, 1984. Photo: NASA
  • Discovery performs a backflip in space, so cameras aboard the International Space Station can survey the underside of the shuttle for any damage - Feb. 26, 2011.
  • The cockpit of space shuttle Discovery.
  • Space shuttle Discovery arrives at the International Space Station for the 13th and final time - Feb. 26, 2011.
  • Shuttle Discovery de-mated [Photo: Red Huber]
Shuttle Discovery Milestones
Jan. 29, 1979  Contract Award
Nov. 10, 1980 Start structural assembly of aft-fuselage  
Apr. 30, 1982 Wings arrive at Palmdale, Calif. from Grumman
Sept. 3, 1982 Start of Final Assembly
Aug. 12, 1983   Completed Final Acceptance
Oct. 16, 1983 Rollout from Palmdale
Nov. 9, 1983 Delivery to Kennedy Space Center
June 2, 1984 Flight Readiness Firing
Aug. 30, 1984 First Flight (41-D)
Fall 1995 Orbiter Maintenance Down Period
Sept. 2001  Orbiter Major Modification
Feb. 24, 2011 Discovery's Final Flight (STS-133)
April 17, 2012 Discovery leaves Space Coast for its new home in Washington D.C.
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