#Discovery: 20 top tweeted pics of a space shuttle’s final journey

The Space Shuttle Discovery made one final flight today. Alas, it wasn’t to space, but to its final resting place at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

The retired spacecraft’s journey, on the back of a modified jumbo jet, caught enough attention to trend globally on Twitter:

Given the proliferation of photo-sharing apps and the strength of most smartphone cameras, it’s hardly surprising that loads of people were tweeting pictures of the flight. Memeburn decided to pick out some of the top tweeted images of the battered and bruised Discovery on her final voyage:

We could go on about what the loss of the shuttle programme means for humans going into space, but it’s probably best to let the picture speak for themselves.

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