One failed computer system = Cost of space shuttle Retired Space Shuttle Makes Final Voyage Dwindling US Budget Worres Scientist Discovery Flight St. Johns Town Center going green in transport Shuttles Head For Destinations Ender's Game Moves to November 2013 All eyes on skies over D.C. buzzes Washington 45minute flyover lands at new museum home makes last trip near DC final takeoff Gallery flight en route

How End of Shuttle Era Could Usher in New Space Age COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — On Tuesday (April 17), NASA delivered the space shuttle Discovery to its new home in Washington, D.C., marking the true beginning of the end to the agency's venerable shuttle program. But more than 1,600 miles away (2,575 kilometers), NASA's chief heralded the beginning of a new age of space exploration. Crane Ballet to Hoist Space Shuttle Discovery from Carrier Plane CHANTILLY, Va. — The space shuttle Discovery will be hoisted off its ferry plane today (April 18) in a complicated ballet of cranes. 5 Horrifying Facts You Didn't Know About the Space Shuttle Criticizing the Space Shuttle is like punching America in the face. After all, it's been a symbol of national pride for thirty years. But many of my friends and I are celebrating yesterday's piggy-backed final flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum...because a museum is where the shuttle belongs. Space Shuttle Discovery Buzzes Washington, D.C., Monuments (Pictures) On its final flight, space shuttle Discovery soared low over Washington, D.C.—a monumental ending to a record-breaking career. Space shuttle Discovery makes final flight to museum CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Discovery made its final voyage on Tuesday: a piggyback jet ride to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum annex in Virginia. The United States retired its space shuttles last year after finishing construction of the $100 billion International Space Station, a project of 15 countries, to begin work on a new generation of spaceships ... Space shuttle Discovery salutes nation's capital The space shuttle Discovery soared over the Washington Monument, the White House and the Capitol in a high-flying salute to the nation's capital Tuesday. Space shuttle Discovery salutes US The US space shuttle Discovery soared over the White House, hitched to a 747 jet, to a Virginia museum. Is humanity abandoning a future in space? With NASA shutting down the space shuttle program, Russia's commitment to human spaceflight seen as wavering and some observers questioning whether even emerging powerhouse China will stick to its brashly self-confident plans, some suspect the world is simply giving up on space. Space Shuttle Discovery Takes Off on Final Flight to the Smithsonian WASHINGTON — Space shuttle Discovery, NASA's fleet leader and the world's most flown spacecraft, lifted off for the last time on Tuesday (April 17) to be delivered to the Smithsonian for its permanent display. Space shuttle Discovery makes final takeoff After three decades of space service, NASA's oldest and most traveled shuttle, Discovery, began its new life as a museum relic Tuesday with one final takeoff.
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