Space Shuttle Discovery

[ChaosHokie]

Anyone else going to watch (or is watching) the Space Shuttle Discovery fly over DC and/or land into Dulles Airport today?

My office is on the flight path, so if I get any good pics, I'll post them here.

 

[ChaosHokie]

 

[ScubaSteve]

Cool shot. Thanks for posting it.

 

[DennisS]

I've always been amazed that they can piggy back them like that. Nice picture of the shuttles last flight.

 

[ScubaSteve]

It really puts the shuttle's size in perspective. I had always thought of them as being huge but when I first realized that they were piggy backed like that, I realized just how "not huge" they are. It also puts the power of that airplane into perspective. Impressive.

 

[diversteve]

Vidoe as it goes over the mall - about 1:47 it goes past the Washington/Lincoln Monument(s)

Space shuttle Discovery makes final takeoff for Washington museum (Video) | masslive.com

 

[ChaosHokie]

The Enterprise is supposed to be smaller than Discovery, so I'm going to try to go to the museum in the next day or two and get some "reference" pics of Enterprise before they wheel in Discovery.

I'm sure the place is going to be a zoo for the next week or two.

 

[DennisS]

Everyone knows about the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum downtown but the Annex out by Dulles isn't as well known. It's definitely worth a visit.

National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

 

[citycountryguy]

Here's one from the roof of my office:

 

[murse]

I was lucky enough to see one of the shuttles as it orbited the earth years ago. It was only a speck flying over the night sky. If you told me it was a satellite or a flying saucer for that matter I would probably have taken your word for it. As an aside, I am disappointed that one of the shuttles went to New York City vs Houston.