Today (April 17) Discovery Space Shuttle takes off from Florida for the final time in the sky,but not with its own power engines.Retired shuttle placed on the top of modified Boeing 747 jet(Shuttle Carrier Craft) with the help of cranes to fly for Virginia, which after placed for peoples show in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.After the completion of current schedule, the Discovery Space Shuttle will delivered to the Smithsonian for its permanent display.
The main achievements of Discover Space shuttle was the deployment of the Hubble Telescope and the Ulysses solar probe.Discovery was the first spacecraft which recover satellites from orbit
and it also visit the International Space Station and placed its largest laboratory.
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