Space shuttle Discovery completes its final flight on April 17, passing over Washington, DC, en route to its permanent home at a National Air & Space Museum facility at Dulles International Airport. Discovery flew 39 missions and spent 365 total days in space. [NASA/Robert Markowitz]
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