Last week, a friend of mine, Kirby Plessas, witnessed the arrival of Space Shuttle Discovery into Washington D.C.
Here are some of the photos she took, see the full set on Flickr.
A crowd awaits Space Shuttle Discovery at the Udvar-Hazy Smithsonian in Northern Virginia (outside Wash DC).
Space Shuttle Discovery has arrived.
Discovery's thermal tiles (on the nose, bottom) are still damaged from its last space mission.
That's a NASA chase plane (lower right) flying escort.
NASA’s Chase Planes – T-38 Talon Supersonic Jet
Soon Space Shuttle Enterprise will be flown to it's new home, the Intrepid Aircraft Carrier in New York City.