Discovery Goes to Washington
Space shuttle Discovery's final airborne journey; a fly-by over DC before joining the Udvar-Hazy Air & Space Museum at Dulles, VA.
The end of an era for American space exploration; Discovery made 38 missions, spent 365 cumulative days in space, and orbited Earth 5,380 times.
This is a composite of 2 images I shot seconds apart as Discovery, atop a 747 transport, flew down the Potomac River.
© Chris Budny
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