Space Shuttle Discovery leaves KSC for the Last Time
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) does a final flyover the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on it’s way to its final resting place, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the Smithsonian Institution‘s National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.
Shuttle Discovery Launched and Landed a total of 39 times, aggregating more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date.
Future Posts will include Shuttle Discovery at the Udvar-Hazy Center.
Space Shuttle Discovery departs the Kennedy Space Center for its final time on Tuesday, April 17, 2012.
About the Author and Photographer: Alden Pitard has over 40 years experience working in the Aerospace Industry at Cape Canaveral, The Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Boeing locations throughout the country. He has supported the Space Shuttle Program, International Space Station, 787 Dreamliner and most recently the Artemis Program. During his time at "The Cape" he photographed a majority of the Launch Sites at KSC and Cape Canaveral. As the Space Shuttle program was coming to a close in 2011, the author decided to bike to all the Launch Complexes he could and capture the Space Center and Cape Canaveral as it was - thus "Biking through Space Ruins".