NASA Shuttle Discovery Prepped For Ferry Ride to DC
Shuttle Discovery mated for ferry to DC
Last week, the Shuttle Discovery was flown from Kennedy Space Center, Florida to Washington DC where it will now live in its forever home, The Smithsonian Museum. I was very lucky in that I was given the chance to see the shuttle when it was prepped for its ferry ride from Capa Canaveral, Florida to DC aboard the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, NASA 905, a modified 747. It was awe inspiring, and bittersweet, to see this glorious shuttle prepped to be sent to a new home, far away from where I had grown up watching its launches & landings at Kennedy Space Center. We were also lucky in that we got to take pictures with the astronauts who flew on Discovery’s last mission – STS-133.
This video shows the process of how Discovery was “mated” and “de-mated” to the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. It’s an interesting process to see.
This article from Yahoo! has some great facts about Discovery. Read on & you’ll probably learn some new things about the shuttle. I did!
Have you ever seen a launch? What are some of your favorite things about NASA and/or the idea of exploring space? I’d love to know (& please be nice – no negative comments, please).
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I would die to ride on the shuttle even if it was just parked. Just full on kid playing with a rocket ship.
I doubt you’re the only one with that dream!
lol!
Cool! KSC is indeed an amazing theme park which is more affordable than the costly Disney and UNiversal Studios.
It will be even better once the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex starts displaying the, also retired, shuttle Atlantis.
that is cool! A must-experience escapade! By the way, I am really inclined to KSC for I am a travel and event writer at DVRO, an Orlando-based rental community. Take a look at my blog! That would be much appreciated.
This makes me feel old. It seems weird to me that there will be no more space shuttles. Looks like I will have to go visit it in DC. Thanks for sharing
It is definitely a something that will take some getting used to. They will ferry another shuttle from KSC to Los Angeles in September.
That is really neat! The closest I have ever been to seeing a launch was watching one from Walt Disney World one evening as we were waiting for Fantasmic to start. I’m sad that they are over.
That would be a cool sight to see – a shuttle going over the Fantasmic set! My cousins visited WDW and saw the shuttle from Magic Kingdom. I didn’t know they could see it all the way over there.