Space shuttle Discovery lands at final home
Space Shuttle Discovery
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The NASA space shuttle Discovery is seen from the White House's North Lawn as it is flown over Washington, DC April 17, 2012. The space shuttle was carried by a modified 747 aircraft from Kennedy Space Center to Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia where it will spend its retirement after 39 missions. AFP PHOTO/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
