Space shuttle Discovery makes final voyage into retirement

  • 12 years ago
The space shuttle Discovery, one of three surviving shuttles, dispensed with a rocket propelled launch for its final voyage on Tuesday and piggy-backed a ride on a modified Boeing 747.

Discovery, which first flew in August 1984, is being transferred to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Virginia following the end of NASA's space shuttle programme.

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