Discovery Shuttle Bolted to Boeing 747

NASA\'s space shuttle "Discovery" is bolted to the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on April 16, 2012. Discovery has been modified for its post mission life and will be flown to the Smithsonian Museum\'s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport in Chantilly, Virginia near Washington DC. early on April 17.