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Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with Space Shuttle on Top Pose at Dulles Airport

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  • The people who transported the Space Shuttle Discovery using the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft pose for a photo following the flight.
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    The crew of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft that flew Space Shuttle Discovery to Washington-Dulles Airport on April 17, 2012 pose with NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver (fourth from right), and from left to right, National Air and Space Museum director J.R. "Jack" Dailey, Smithsonian Secretary Warne Cloug, and fourth from left Senator Patrick Lehy D-Vt.

  • The people who transported the Space Shuttle Discovery using the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft pose for a photo following the flight.

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April 17, 2012

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