NASA's Discovery shuttle wows Washington in 45-minute flyover

A plane took off from Florida on Tuesday morning, carrying the Space Shuttle Discovery. The shuttle is being brought to the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.</p

Landed at Dulles airport on April 17 on the back of a 747 after a fly-around of much of the region. It's now bound for the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

Show pulled thousands of Washingtonians out of their offices, vehicles and homes Tuesday morning as NASA's space shuttle Discovery blew into town atop a modified 747, the battered space veteran taking a final victory jaunt before landing.

Shuttle Discovery departed Kennedy Space Center atop a jumbo jet to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center, where it will become a museum relic.

Kid in growing up in North Carolina, Curt Brown always knew he'd someday become a pilot. But flying aboard NASA's space shuttles would become the icing on his cake.

A plane took off from Florida on Tuesday morning, carrying the Space Shuttle Discovery. The shuttle is being brought to the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.