Space Shuttle Discovery Buzzes CMDI Office
Space Shuttle Discovery just flew over our office on its approach into Dulles Airport. It is amazing how big Discovery looks in real life, even when it is stuck on top of a 747 a few thousand feet in the air. Very cool stuff for all the space nerds in the office (myself included). This iphone picture really doesn't do the shuttle justice.Discovery's last mission was in February last year (2011) and it will now live at the Simthsonian's Northern VA annex.Here is the Associated Press's coverage of Discovery's DC fly-by.: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-space-shuttle-discovery--20120417,0,4814054.story Here are other pictures of Discovery when it was over the Hill. Again a cell phone camera doesn't do Discovery justice:
