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#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:
Live @NASA TV: Shuttle #Discovery riding carrier set to leave @NASA_KSC for last timeyfrog.com/h0c9dnjj
— tariqjmalik (@tariqjmalik) April 17, 2012
#Discovery over the Capitol!! #spottheshuttle twitter.com/volcanojw/stat…
— Jennifer (@volcanojw) April 17, 2012
RT @hanner: #Discovery over the Capitol!! twitter.com/hanner/status/…
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) April 17, 2012
The view from @librarycongress of this morning’s #Discovery fly over MT @kurtcarroll Even closer! #shuttle instagr.am/p/JhgzhXRlgK/
— LawLibraryofCongress (@LawLibCongress) April 17, 2012
#Discovery flying over Georgetown and a giant inflatable #Caps player!! instagr.am/p/JhhmzYPpC8/
— Jenn Sigwart (@terpgrrl) April 17, 2012
#Discovery just flew past our building! twitter.com/USFWSHQ/status…
— US Fish and Wildlife (@USFWSHQ) April 17, 2012
RT @CMAA: Great to work here today. Look what flew by!flickr.com/photos/cmaa/70… #discovery
— The Club Foundation (@ClubFoundation) April 17, 2012
Space Shuttle #Discovery flying over the Potomac. twitter.com/thad_anderson/…
— Thad Anderson (@thad_anderson) April 17, 2012
#Discovery spotted! As Florida would say, it’s flying low, low, low. #SpotTheShuttle twitter.com/mike_santora/s…
— Michael Santora (@mike_santora) April 17, 2012
I was gonna stop tweeting about #spottheshuttle… but this is AWESOME MT @SteveCase #Discovery over Dulles. twitter.com/SteveCase/stat…
— Potomac Patch (@PotomacPatch) April 17, 2012
Rooftop waiting on the 3rd loop of #Discoverylockerz.com/s/202029623
— ZO�’s Mommy 🙂 (@Quay_Proverbs31) April 17, 2012
Space shuttle #Discovery doing US Capitol fly-by. twitter.com/jpackert/statu…
— jpackert (@jpackert) April 17, 2012
Back around for a close up! Shuttle #Discovery #spottheshuttle lockerz.com/s/202030776
— Keri Henderson (@DivaStateMind) April 17, 2012
@MTVGeek Passed over my work in Chantilly VA #spottheshuttle #Discovery twitter.com/GroovyNerdMand…
— Mandy W. (@GroovyNerdMandy) April 17, 2012
Wow what a sight! #Discovery #OV103 #SCA twitter.com/anthonyfitch/s…
— Anthony Fitch (@anthonyfitch) April 17, 2012
#Discovery and #SCA fly by Dulles (best phone pic) #spottheshuttle yfrog.com/nwmp2wvj #OV103
— Craft Lass (@CraftLass) April 17, 2012
NBD, just chanting OH-IO at John Glenn’s sweet ride as it soars over my office. #discovery twitter.com/Erie/status/19…
— Erie (@Erie) April 17, 2012
Not a bad day for a flyby. #spottheshuttle #Discovery twitter.com/raphaeljavier/…
— Raphael Javier (@raphaeljavier) April 17, 2012
Over the Natural History museum is #Discovery. #spottheshuttle twitter.com/garykarr/statu…
— Gary Karr (@garykarr) April 17, 2012
#Discovery flyover from the Phase2 office! twitter.com/phase2tech/sta…
— Phase2 Technology (@phase2tech) April 17, 2012
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.
