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Spaceflight Now's mission status page is showing the shuttle orbiter Discovery being lowered onto the carrier 747 for what may be the last time, to carry it to my old hometown of Chantilly, Virginia, where it will take the place of the test orbiter Enterprise at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum (Enterprise is in turn going to the USS Intrepid museum in New York City).
As I've said here before, I happened to spot the Enterprise coming into Dulles Airport on its previous ferry flight many years ago, long before the Udvar-Hazy Center was actually built. It'd be interesting to see a space-flown orbiter there, though I no longer make frequent trips to that neighborhood since my parents moved out.
In other Shuttle-retirement news, here are some nice photos of Endeavour's cockpit powered up for nearly the last time.
As I've said here before, I happened to spot the Enterprise coming into Dulles Airport on its previous ferry flight many years ago, long before the Udvar-Hazy Center was actually built. It'd be interesting to see a space-flown orbiter there, though I no longer make frequent trips to that neighborhood since my parents moved out.
In other Shuttle-retirement news, here are some nice photos of Endeavour's cockpit powered up for nearly the last time.