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    Posted April 12, 2012 by
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    Shuttle Discovery nears trek to Smithsonian

    By icharles1  |  Posted April 12, 2012  |  Kennedy Space Center, Florida
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     icharles1 is an aerospace journalist who's covered the shuttle for almost 20 years.
    - rachel8, CNN iReport producer

    (KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.) -- The space shuttle Discovery - a veteran of thirty-nine space flights - awaits her voyage to the Smithsonian's Air & Space Museum near Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.

     

    Discovery is photographed on April 8 inside the massive Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center by this aerospace reporter.

     

    She will be mated a top a modified NASA 747 aircraft and flown to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

     

    Discovery is NASA's most flown spacecraft and spent a combined 365 days in space during her 26 year storied career.

     

    Follow my updates on Discovery's departure and flight via Twitter: @AbsolutSpaceGuy.

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