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Thirty Years of NASA Space Shuttle Missions
NASA's space shuttle fleet is hanging up its wings after 30 years. The first shuttle flight, STS-1, launched on April 12, 1981.
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Mounted atop a retro-fitted 747, the the first space shuttle to be retired was flown to its new home in Washington D.C.. Its set to go on public display at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center.
The zoomable high-definition pictures show the shuttle's interior in great detail.
About 6,000 people gathered at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center to watch shuttle Discovery fly in from Florida.
NASA's oldest and most-traveled space shuttle has made its last flight in history.
See photos of space shuttle Discovery's final flight to the National Air and Space Museum's annex hangar in Chantilly, Va.
Discovery will be permanently displayed at the National Air and Space Museum's vehicle annex.
NASA's reusable spaceship has had countless photogenic moments over the years, but here are just a few.
On Tuesday, Discovery will fly atop a jumbo jet from Florida to Virginia, with a pass over Washington, D.C.
SpaceX's Dragon capsule is slated to blast off on April 30.
Prime viewing spots in Florida and Washington, D.C., highlight Discovery's April 17 flight.
Take a look back to the time NASA built the space shuttle Discovery in the early 1980s, as the storied orbiter retires after 26 years of spaceflight.
The orbiter and its flying taxi, a retrofitted jumbo 747, have shared many a flight. Take a look at the history and development of the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) and catch a time-lapse of the joining of these two massive aerial machines.
NASA ended its 30-year space shuttle program in 2011. Was it the right time?
History will come full circle when the modified jet carries Enterprise once again.
A step-by-step guide to shuttle Discovery's last journey.
Here’s a look at how NASA moves its giant space shuttles across the country atop rejiggered Boeing jets.
Take our quiz on the reusable space plane. How much do you know?
A pair of retrofitted jumbo 747's carried the orbiters cross country on many occasions. With the retirement of the Space Shuttle program, they'll make their final deliveries of Discovery, Endeavour and Enterprise to their new museum homes.
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