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Space shuttle Discovery atop a modified 747 jumbo jet taxi's before leaving the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Tuesday, April 17, 2012 headed to Washington, DC. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)
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Space shuttle Discovery atop a modified 747 jumbo jet taxi's before leaving the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Tuesday, April 17, 2012 headed to Washington, DC. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)
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Space shuttle Discovery rides on the back of a 747 as it flies past people gathered at sunrise on Cocoa Beach, Florida on its way to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. The shuttle is decommissioned and it is heading to the Smithsonian Museum for permanent display. (Tom Burton/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)
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Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), flies over the Washington skyline as seen from a NASA T-38 aircraft, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Robert Markowitz/NASA/MCT)
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Space shuttle Discovery flies past the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Scott Sutherland/MCT)
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Capitol Hill staffers come out onto the steps to watch the space shuttle Discovery fly past the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Scott Sutherland/MCT)
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Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) flies near the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Washington, D.C. (Rebecca Roth/NASA/MCT)
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Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) is seen as it flies near the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Washington. (Harold Dorwin/Smithsonian Institution/NASA/MCT)
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Desmond, 5, adjusts his helmet as he waits for a glimpse of Discovery, while standing on the National Mall in Washington, D.C, April 17, 2012. (David J. Unger/Medill News Service/MCT)
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Space shuttle Discovery makes a fly over Dulles International Airport, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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Space shuttle Discovery lands at Dulles International Airport, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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Space shuttle Discovery lands at Dulles International Airport, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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People take pictures as Space shuttle Discovery lands at Dulles International Airport, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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