Space Shuttle Discovery's final flight
Apr 17, 2012 | 11:11 am
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Space Shuttle Discovery's final flight
After two low-altitude passes over the D.C. area this morning, NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery is on the ground now on it's way to the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center.
NASA live feeds:
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/discovery/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
take-off/farewell video from Kennedy:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/video...a_id=140805641
NASA live feeds:
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/discovery/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
take-off/farewell video from Kennedy:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/video...a_id=140805641
Apr 17, 2012 | 6:31 pm
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I've attached a photo I took of Discovery today - hope the link works. The craft was making its second and last flyover east along the National Mall. Hard to estimate altitude, but I'd guess 2000 - 2500 ft.
Does anyone know if Discovery's flightpath can be viewed anywhere like on Flightaware.com?
I've attached a photo I took of Discovery today - hope the link works. The craft was making its second and last flyover east along the National Mall. Hard to estimate altitude, but I'd guess 2000 - 2500 ft.
Does anyone know if Discovery's flightpath can be viewed anywhere like on Flightaware.com?
Apr 18, 2012 | 2:59 pm
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The shuttle flew almost directly over our house in Tyson's Corner, VA at a couple of thousand feet. It was close. You could hear the T-38 well before you could see the planes. Was quite a thrill. They apparently went off of their plan and did a couple of extra passes; they went over our house in an unexpected direction (north-south instead of east-west).
Bittersweet day for the space program, that's for sure.