Friday, June 29, 2012

Space Shuttle Discovery



On April 17th the Space Shuttle Discovery made its last journey, piggybacked on a 747, and landed at Dulles airport after circling the DC area for about an hour.  The kids and I drove down to Old Town Alexandria to get a better view.   It was just super, super cool to see a huge space shuttle strapped on to that huge jet, escorted by a fighter jet, circling pretty low over the Potomac.




The Discovery was taken to the Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum, where it was on display the weekend after it flew in.  We braved the crowds and got an up-close view of the famous shuttle, dirt and stains and all.


 They rolled out the shiny prototype Enterprise, that never saw time in space, to sit nose-to-nose with the veteran Discovery- the most-flown shuttle in history.


This was one of those outings that turned out to be a fiasco.  (The museum trip, not watching the shuttle fly.)  So many things went amiss, and the kids were so cranky- it was mostly terrible.  Sometimes hauling 4 kids around just isn't worth it!  Now two months later, I can say I'm glad I went.  It was a historical moment, you know....

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