April 16, 2012

Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 tracy g young@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M21-12

SHUTTLE DISCOVERY TO FLY OVER FLORIDA'S SPACE COAST APRIL 17

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) with space shuttle Discovery on top will fly above sections of the Central Florida coastline and Brevard County on Tuesday, April 17, starting at about 7 a m EDT This will be the final time Discovery will take to the skies over Florida's Space Coast as the spacecraft will be headed to its new home at the Smithsonian in Virginia

The Space Coast flyover is expected to head south from Kennedy down the coastline past Patrick Air Force Base and then head back up north along the coast to Kennedy where it will make a pass over the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and shuttle runway one last time before the SCA heads out of the area

Discovery will be transported to Washington Dulles International Airport in Sterling, Va , and then offloaded and transferred to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va , for permanent public display on April 19 Before landing at Dulles on Tuesday, the SCA and Discovery are expected to fly near a variety of landmarks in the metropolitan Washington, D C , area between 10-11 a m

While travelling north to Dulles, the SCA is expected generally to fly up the coastline in Georgia and the Carolinas before taking a more inland route over Virginia The exact route and timing of the flight depend on weather and operational constraints If the flight is postponed for any reason, an additional notice will be released

NASA Television will provide live video of Discovery's departure from Kennedy and flyover of the Space Coast and of the arrival at Dulles and flyover of Washington For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about NASA's transfer of space shuttles to museums, visit:

http://www nasa gov/transition

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