Space shuttle Discovery lands for last time at new museum home
Space shuttle Discovery soared around the Washington Monument and the White House in a salute to the nation's capital Tuesday before landing for the last time near its new museum home.
The space shuttle Discovery is shown attached to a modified NASA 747 aircraft as it is towed from the Mate Demate facility at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.JOE SKIPPER
Members of the media photograph the space shuttle Discovery at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral.JOE SKIPPER
The space shuttle Discovery takes off to its final home at The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.JOE SKIPPER
Space shuttle Discovery makes a final pass over the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex rocket garden at Cape Canaveral.Tim Shortt
Space Shuttle Discovery flies past the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol.KEVIN LAMARQUE
Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), makes its way past Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington.HANDOUT
The space shuttle Discovery performs a fly-by as it arrives at Dulles International Airport in Virginia.GARY CAMERON
Commercial airliners wait and airport workers watch as the space shuttle Discovery taxis after arriving at Dulles International Airport in Virginia.GARY CAMERON