Space Shuttle Discovery's Final Flight

At 7am today, Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted on a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida to land in Washington, DC's Dulles International Airport. Discovery will replace Enterprise as the shuttle on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center. I was lucky enough to make it down to the National Mall in time to see the shuttle fly over the monuments before it landed at Dulles.

Passersby stopping to snap photos on their iPhones

Discovery's last flight

Flying past the Capitol.
Check out all the people on the Capitol Steps gathered to watch the Shuttle.
I will also forever hate that white car in the foreground. At least it wasn't bright red.

Heading East past the Washington Monument

Flying over the Smithsonian Castle