Shuttle Discovery heads for retirement
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 07:30
in Astronomy & Space
The space shuttle Discovery took off on its final flight Tuesday as it departed Florida's Kennedy Space Center at daybreak on a modified Boeing 747 bound for the Washington, D.C. area, where it will become a musuem exhibit.
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