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Context:
“I wanted everyone to put down their cell phones and cameras and just look at the thing with their own eyes,” said Meghan Gordon, who ran out of her office just in time. “It gave me chills.”
There were costumes, there were cheers and of course there were tears.
At the at the National Air and Space Museum and Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly — Discovery’s new home — 8-year-old Alex Corica wandered the parking lot wearing an orange shuttle flight suit and a helmet too large to fit his head. He was ready not just to witness, but to fly.
MOre:
NASA’s Discovery shuttle wows Washington in 45-minute flyover
“I wanted everyone to put down their cell phones and cameras and just look at the thing with their own eyes,” said Meghan Gordon, who ran out of her office just in time. “It gave me chills.”
There were costumes, there were cheers and of course there were tears.
At the at the National Air and Space Museum and Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly — Discovery’s new home — 8-year-old Alex Corica wandered the parking lot wearing an orange shuttle flight suit and a helmet too large to fit his head. He was ready not just to witness, but to fly.
MOre:
NASA’s Discovery shuttle wows Washington in 45-minute flyover