Space Shuttle Discovery makes historic flight over Joint Base Andrews

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A shuttle carrier aircraft carrying the space shuttle Discovery flies above Joint Base Andrews, Md. on its final flight April 17. The retired shuttle landed at Washington Dulles International Airport for delivery to the National Air & Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center.(U.S. Air Force Photo/ Senior Airman Perry Aston)

A NASA Shuttle Carrier aircraft carrying the space shuttle Discovery flies above Joint Base Andrews, Md., with a NASA chase plane escort April 17, 2012. The retired shuttle landed at the Washington Dulles International Airport for delivery to the National Air & Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center. (Photo by Bobby Jones)

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