Photos: Space shuttle Discovery
Space Shuttle
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The space shuttle Discovery's solid rocket boosters drop off after from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Discovery, the world's most traveled spaceship, thundered into orbit for the final time Thursday, heading toward the International Space Station on a journey that marks the beginning of the end of the shuttle era. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
