Shuttle Discovery to Fly Over Florida's Space Coast April 17

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April 16, 2012

Tracy Young
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
tracy.g.young@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M21-12

SHUTTLE DISCOVERY TO FLY OVER FLORIDA'S SPACE COAST APRIL 17

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) with 
space shuttle Discovery on top will fly above sections of the Central 
Florida coastline and Brevard County on Tuesday, April 17, starting 
at about 7 a.m. EDT. This will be the final time Discovery will take 
to the skies over Florida's Space Coast as the spacecraft will be 
headed to its new home at the Smithsonian in Virginia.

The Space Coast flyover is expected to head south from Kennedy down 
the coastline past Patrick Air Force Base and then head back up north 
along the coast to Kennedy where it will make a pass over the Kennedy 
Space Center Visitor Complex and shuttle runway one last time before 
the SCA heads out of the area.

Discovery will be transported to Washington Dulles International 
Airport in Sterling, Va., and then offloaded and transferred to the 
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in 
Chantilly, Va., for permanent public display on April 19. Before 
landing at Dulles on Tuesday, the SCA and Discovery are expected to 
fly near a variety of landmarks in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., 
area between 10-11 a.m.

While travelling north to Dulles, the SCA is expected generally to fly 
up the coastline in Georgia and the Carolinas before taking a more 
inland route over Virginia. The exact route and timing of the flight 
depend on weather and operational constraints. If the flight is 
postponed for any reason, an additional notice will be released.

NASA Television will provide live video of Discovery's departure from 
Kennedy and flyover of the Space Coast and of the arrival at Dulles 
and flyover of Washington. For NASA TV downlink information, 
schedules and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

For more information about NASA's transfer of space shuttles to 
museums, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/transition 

	
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