Space Shuttle Discovery as it performs flyover on the back of jumbo jet
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-21...l#ixzz1sJYxnGvu NASA's oldest and most travelled space shuttle, Discovery, landed at Dulles International Airport today after its final mission - but not before a jubilant flyover above Washington, D.C., in a scene that captivated onlookers in the National Mall and up the East Coast. Discovery soared over the Washington Monument, the White House and the Capitol today in a high-flying salute to the nation's capital before landing at Virginia's Dulles International Airport on the back of a modified NASA jetliner. Thousands of stunned onlookers packed the National Mall to watch the pair swoop by.
