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Summary Discovery rode on the back of a 747 jet and took a spin around Washington.
Space shuttle Discovery has landed at Washington Dulles International Airport, where its wheels will stop for the last time at the Smithsonian.The worlds most traveled spaceship landed Tuesday after taking off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and soaring around the Washington Monument and White House in a salute to the nations capital. Discovery rode on the back of a 747 jet and took a spin around Washington at an easy-to-spot 1,500 feet (450 meters)before it was grounded for good.Discovery will be towed Thursday to its installation at the Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum annex near Dulles in northern Virginia.Discovery flew nearly 149 million miles (240 million kilometers) before retiring last year.
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