Space Shuttle Discovery makes her last flight – photos

THE space shuttle Discovery mated atop a 747 carrier aircraft sits on the tarmac at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va., before take-off. Discovery, the longest-serving orbiter will be placed to its new home, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. Photos:

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Hitching a ride on top a special NASA Boeing 747 jet, the space shuttle Discovery soars past Capitol Hill in Washington, after a flight from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Discovery, the world's most traveled spaceship, now becomes an attraction at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., next to Dulles International Airport. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)