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Discovery Flies Into History - Still Photo`s

These photo`s BEST viewed with the slideshow button in the upper right. Photo`s taken from the top deck of the media observation tower at the Space Shuttle landing facility at Kennedy Space Center on April 17, 2012. It was the departure of Space Shuttle Discovery atop a NASA 747 to Washington, D.C. Discovery will be on permanent display at the Smithsonian. Many NASA employee`s, former and current astronauts, media and invited guest were there to watch Discovery fly out for the last time. Here`s a link to an article with more information about Shuttle Discovery http://cltampa.com/dailyloaf/archives/2012/04/17/space-shuttle-discovery-hitches-a-ride-into-history-photos#.T5G4R9nYFeN
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  • Assembled NASA employees, astronauts,media and invited guests wait for Discovery to depart at sunup.
  • Television crews prepare for the live shots.
  • Shuttle Discovery parked at the end of the runway.
  • NASA employees and astronauts gather to talk just before sunup.
  • Discovery is taxied slowly down to stop in front of the tower before preparing to depart.
  • Discovery sits in front of the assembled crowd for a final photo oportunity.
  • Just behind the air traffic control tower and the media observation tower, the sun shines through a small hole in the clouds.
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