# The last flight for Discovery

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-flight-for-discovery/619025>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 17, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-flight-for-discovery/619025 "2012-04-17T11:53:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-flight-for-discovery/619025/1 "2012-04-17T11:53:03Z")

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The space shuttle Discovery is making its last flight today, from KSC to Dulles Airport. You can watch highlights on NASA’s channel right now. At the moment, they’re showing recaps of the process of loading the shuttle aboard the modified 747 that carries the shuttle piggyback.

> **[NASA Television | NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html)**
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> NASA Television provides live coverage of launches, spacewalks and other mission events, as well as the latest news briefings, video files, and the This Week @NASA report.

Godspeed, Discovery!

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**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-flight-for-discovery/619025/2 "2012-04-17T12:01:41Z")

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Later today at 10am my station will be [streaming a special report live here](http://www.wusa9.com/video/breakingvideo.aspx). Right now it’s just a shot of the Capitol.