Earlier today, the Space Shuttle Discovery took its final flight on the back of a modified Boeing 747 jumbo jet from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Washington, D.C. where it will go on display in the Smithsonian.
As it flew over the U.S. capitol, Instagram user Adam Wells took this totally sweet shot of the Discovery being piggy-backed to her final home at the Smithsonian’s Air & Space facility in Chantilly, Virginia. Beautiful.
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3 responses to “The Final Flight Of NASA’s Last Space Shuttle Captured By An iPhone On Instagram”
Great shot! I was lucky enough to run outside just in time when I saw the plane/shuttle heading towards me to grab this photo: http://unpoppedcollar.com/post/21269192923/spaceshuttle-discovery-flying-over-the-capital
@abudak great shot!
In related news someone took a picture of what they ate today and posted it to Instagram (big deal i bet tons of people in DC took pictures of the shuttle and posted it on Instagram).