Space Shuttle Discovery will be transferred to the Smithsonian and placed on permanent display. Get there early.
11:00 am Discovery Arrives at the Udvar-Hazy Center for Transfer Ceremony:
Music by the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps
Appearance by Discovery crew members
Nose-to-nose meeting of Space Shuttles Discovery and Enterprise
11:30 am Ceremony:
National Anthem by mezzo soprano Denyce Graves
Speakers:
* NASA Administrator Charles Bolden
* Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough
* National Air and Space Museum Director Gen. J.R. "Jack" Dailey
* Former Senator and Astronaut John Glenn
* Chair of Smithsonian Board of Regents France Córdova
Presentation of the orbiter's achievements
Formal signing of document transferring Discovery from NASA to the Smithsonian
Noon - 4:00 pm:
You are invited to view both Discovery and Enterprise and take photographs.
Noon - 4:30 pm Activities:
A huge array of activities are planned inside and outside. See the full list of activities >>
4:00 pm Watch the shuttles as they are moved:
Enterprise is moved into position beside the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar. Enterprise, which has been on view at the Udvar-Hazy Center since it opened in 2003, will be moved to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York, arriving at JFK Airport on April 23.
Discovery is moved into the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar for permanent display.
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