Video: Astronauts say goodbye to space shuttle Discovery
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 19:00
in Astronomy & Space
Mike Mullane was on Discovery when during its maiden voyage into space and said goodbye to the space shuttle with fellow astronauts as it took off at sunrise from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, flying piggyback on a 747 for its final voyage traveling to the Dulles Airport Smithsonian annex in Virginia. Chip Reid reports.
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