Space Shuttle Discovery Gets Astronaut Sendoff at Smithsonian
May 8, 2012
Bo Bobko leads a line of Discovery commanders to escort the shuttle Discovery to its new home at the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center.
In a recent ceremony, more than two dozen astronauts helped usher the retired space shuttle Discovery into its new role as a Smithsonian exhibit. Our own Bo Bobko was the first in line of the Discovery commanders who escorted the shuttle to its new home at the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. Read the full story about the shuttle Discovery's new mission as a museum relic to educate and inspire on SPACE.com.