Space Shuttle Discovery Fly-In DaySteven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Free, Parking $15
To the thrill of large crowds below, Discovery made several passes over the Washington, DC area between 10:00 and 11:00 am on April 17 before landing safely at Washington-Dulles International Airport.
Discovery is now on permanent display in the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Udvar-Hazy Center.
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The Space Shuttle Discovery hitched a ride on NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft for the flight from the Dryden Flight Research Center in California, to Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 19, 2005.
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