The Smithsonian is adding the space shuttle Discovery to its collections. Before depositing it at the National Air & Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles airport, NASA flew the shuttle over DC landmarks today. That's the Castle (the Smithsonian Institution Building) in the picture. A ceremony is scheduled for Thursday to mark the occasion.
The Discovery will replace the Enterprise--which was a prototype and never actually went into space. The Discovery has been out there and back again.
This is all kinds of COOL! Was that pic snapped by you? I heard it attracted quite the crowd. (And deservedly so)
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Woah very cool! I was a huge space geek as a child, so this sort of thing would just thrill me to bits to see.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice that they flew it over DC landmarks. ^^
ReplyDeleteThat's cool! To see something so large flying so low
ReplyDeleteI've only been to the Smithsonian museum once! I hope to go back again because I really enjoyed the exhibits. At the time I was in a 2 week training in VA so they took us to DC for a day, we had dinner at the Space museum!
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