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Space Shuttle Discovery Becomes Museum Exhibit
More than a year after its last mission, the retired U.S. space shuttle Discovery was officially welcomed into its new home, April 19, 2012. The shuttle rolled into the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center outside Washington, where it will go on permanent display.
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The space shuttle Discovery is suspended from a sling held by two cranes after the NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft was pushed back from underneath at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Sterling, Virginia. (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the space shuttle Discovery mated on top rolls into position for demating at Washington Dulles International Airport in Sterling, Virginia, April 18, 2012. (NASA/Bill Ingalls)