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Daily Archives: 31 July 2011

The end of Discovery

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Posted on 31 July 2011 by Geoff

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Some wonderfully detailed photographs of Discovery on Spaceflight Now. The space shuttle Discovery on Wednesday morning made her first public appearance outside the hangar since being retired, emerging without any main engines, nose thrusters or aft rocket pods. Seeing the stripped … Continue reading →

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