This morning the Space Shuttle Discovery made its way, piggyback on a Boeing 747, from Florida to the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum next to Dulles Airport just outside of DC. On its way to the Smithsonian it buzzed the Capital a few times along the Potomac and over the National Mall. This particular Shuttle made 39 trips into space.
I remember back in the late 1970s when I saw on TV footage of when they first put a Shuttle on top of a 747. Kind of cool that 30 some years later I get to see it in person for its last piggyback ride. I still wonder how they whole darn thing doesn't just fall off.
Unfortunately, my lense was dirty.
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5 comments:
Amazing pictures. (I'm with you on wondering how it keeps from falling off.)
Oh that's cool that you saw it in person and could take these great pictures of it! I thought of trying to see it from my building in Virginia, but my building is too far away from D.C., the shape would have been indistinct if visible at all.
- Christy
I was stuck in a meeting and missed it; boo!
Very moving. But I can't help wondering ... Is this how shuttle babies are made?
Susan: Super glue maybe.
Christy: I only found out about it that morning or I would have missed it entirely.
Stefan: Probably would have good views from Georgetown.
Steve: I would have thought it was moving too, but for me, operating a camera really takes away from the moment.
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