The Space Shuttle Discovery flew into the DC Metro area this week for its retirement at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. The 747 on which Discovery was piggybacked made several passes over the capital reminding me of watching the first several space shuttle launches as a grade school student, seeing the Challenger explosion, and participating in the McNair Scholars Program as an undergraduate which drew it's name from Ronald E. McNair (a physicist aboard the Challenger). Looking forward to visiting the Discovery now housed here in Virginia at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center.
(photo snapped from Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts along the Potomac River)
