04-16-2012, 06:23 AM
Space Shuttle Discovery was hoisted by a giant crane and mounted on a Boeing 747 Sunday for its last ever journey - a piggyback ride to Washington where it will go on display at the Smithsonian Museum.
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The 167,000-pound shuttle rested comfortably atop the modified jetliner Sunday
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The 167,000-pound shuttle rested comfortably atop the modified jetliner Sunday