Space Shuttle Discovery Flies Above Washington DC
All eyes were on the sky above the White House this morning as Space Shuttle Discovery did a lap across the nation's capital. The Shuttle was getting a piggyback ride from a Boeing 747 jet -- known as NASA 905 -- as it made its way from the Kennedy Space Center to Washington Dulles International Airport for delivery at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Check out this gallery of images NASA photographers took of the dramatic flight:
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Space Shuttle Discovery flies near the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Washington. (Photo Credit: NASA/Rebecca Roth)
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The Space Shuttle Discovery hitches a ride from a 747 as it travels from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann)
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Space Shuttle Discovery at Washington Dulles International Airport. The Shuttle is heading to the Smithsonian. (Photo Credit: NASA/Sean Smith)
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Space Shuttle Discovery flies over the Washington skyline, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Photo Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz)
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Space Shuttle Discovery is seen from Arlington, Virginia, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Photo Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn)
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Space Shuttle Discovery flies over the Washington skyline, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Photo Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz)
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Space Shuttle Discovery as it flies near the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Photo Credit: NASA/Smithsonian Institution/Harold Dorwin)
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Space Shuttle Discovery as it flies near the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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