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Summary
NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with Space Shuttle Discovery mounted atop flies throughout the skies of the National Capital Region, April 17, as part of the shuttle's final journey in air. The aircraft landed at Washington Dulles International Airport in Sterling, Va., before its transfer to the National Air and Space Museum Discovery completed 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited the Earth 5,830 times, and traveled 148,221,675 miles.
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Date
17/04/2012
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