Discovery's ride arrives


The modified Boeing 747 jumbojet that will haul the space shuttle Discovery piggyback-style to the Smithsonian next week flew across the country to Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday to pick up the spaceplane passenger. Touchdown on the spaceport's runway came about 5:35 p.m. EDT.

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Photo credit: NASA-KSC
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