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Space Shuttle Discovery Completes Final Flight [Video]

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The Space Shuttle Discovery completed its final flight today but the iconic NASA spacecraft didn’t venture into space. Instead, the Space Shuttle Discovery hopped on the back of a jumbo jet and took a spin around Washington D.C. The Discovery, which completed 39 missions into space during its career with NASA, took off from Cape… Read more »

Space Shuttle Discovery Prepares For Final Flight… To The Smithsonian

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The Space Shuttle Discovery will be making its final flight tomorrow morning, but the legendary spacecraft won’t be leaving the atmosphere. The NASA space plane will get a piggyback ride from a jumbo jet as it’s transported for storage at the Smithsonian. Space.com reports that Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to leave NASA’s Kennedy Space… Read more »