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Discovery Enters Eternal Smithsonian Home as Historic Relic

[/caption] Space Shuttle Discovery, the longest serving and most flown spaceship in human history, entered her eternal home today, Thursday,…

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[/caption] Following Discovery’s triumphant final flight from her Florida Spaceport home and victory lap tour above the skies of Washington…

13 years ago

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[/caption] Space Shuttle Discovery is poised for her final takeoff, bolted firmly on top of the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier…

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[/caption] Following a busy weekend of work, Space Shuttle Discovery is now attached piggyback style to the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft…

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[/caption] Calling all Skywatching and Space Fans ! This is a great week for observing the International Space Station (ISS),…

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The bright object in the center of this video sequence is the planet Mercury, seen by NASA's STEREO-B spacecraft as…

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[/caption] One of the "weirdest and least understood" areas of Mars, the enormous Hellas Impact Basin contains strange flowing landforms…

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[/caption] As of today, NASA’s car sized Curiosity rover has reached the halfway point in her 352 million mile (567…

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[/caption] The first student selected photos of the Moon’s surface snapped by NASA’s new pair of student named Lunar Mapping…

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[/caption] NASA is on course to make the highest leap in human spaceflight in nearly 4 decades when an unmanned…

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