Space Shuttle Discovery Retires: (VIDEO & Slideshow)
The world's most traveled spaceship, hitching a ride on top a Boeing 747 jet, took a couple of leisurely spins at an easy-to-spot 1,500 feet around Washington after ...
..a flight from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Thousands packed the National Mall to watch the pair swoop by.
It's a new direction for our space program.
From what I can remember, I think we want to land on an asteroid and then on to Mars by 2025 or 2030.
Also I think Buzz is not happy with the new direction but another famed astronaut is OK with it. (Frank Borman?)
Full story & video here...
Space Shuttle Discovery Makes Final Takeoff (VIDEO)
Photo gallery...
U.S. Space Shuttle Photos -- National Geographic
..a flight from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Thousands packed the National Mall to watch the pair swoop by.
It's a new direction for our space program.
From what I can remember, I think we want to land on an asteroid and then on to Mars by 2025 or 2030.
Also I think Buzz is not happy with the new direction but another famed astronaut is OK with it. (Frank Borman?)
Full story & video here...
Space Shuttle Discovery Makes Final Takeoff (VIDEO)
Photo gallery...
U.S. Space Shuttle Photos -- National Geographic
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