Space Shuttle Flies Over VGC Office

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Yesterday, the space shuttle Discovery was teathered to the back of a modified 747 jumbo jet and flown from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport.

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The shuttle’s rout took it past the Washington Monument and the Warrenton, VA home office of the Virginia Gold Cup Association.