The space shuttle Discovery, one of three surviving shuttles, dispensed with a rocket propelled launch for its final voyage on Tuesday and piggy-backed a ride on a modified Boeing 747.<br /><br />Discovery, which first flew in August 1984, is being transferred to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Virginia following the end of NASA's space shuttle programme.<br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/
