• The Space Shuttle Discovery is unattached from the modified Boeing 747 used to transport the shuttle.
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    Space Shuttle Discovery is suspended from a sling held by two cranes as the NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is pushed back from underneath at Washington Dulles International Airport, Thursday, April 19, 2012. Later that day, Discovery was welcomed at its new home, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, where it went on permanent display.

  • The Space Shuttle Discovery is unattached from the modified Boeing 747 used to transport the shuttle.

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April 19, 2012

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Bill Ingalls

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