Crowds pack the parking lot of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 to watch the space shuttle Discovery fly piggyback on a 747, flight NASA 905. The shuttle left the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday morning and flew around Washington, D.C. before finally landing at Washington Dulles International Airport. Discovery will now be towed over to the Udvar-Hazy center, where it will take the place of the Enterprise in a welcoming ceremony on Thursday. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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