Something extraordinary just happened, denizens. I’ve been driving people crazy all morning about it. The Space Shuttle Discovery has come to her new home.<\/p>\n

She left Kennedy Space Center early this morning; I heard her departure during my commute into work. I had wanted to take the morning off, join the rest of my geek peepz down at the Udvar-Hazy<\/a> to watch her arrival, but I’ve got too much going on at work right now for that to be feasible. <\/p>\n

Welcome to the Digital Age.<\/p>\n

I still got to watch her arrival, thanks to a streaming video provided by NASA. Here are some screen captures, in case you missed the video: <\/p>\n

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Even better? My cousin was able to snap this shot of Discovery on her fly-by up the Potomac River: <\/p>\n

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Want better still? I got to see her on her fly-by. Totally unexpected. I didn’t think that my office would be anywhere near her flight plan. As I was waiting for the coverage video to start back up, I heard a group of my coworkers running around the corner toward our conference room. I swiveled around in my chair…and there she was, gliding across the cloud-dappled sky on the back of her chaperone. <\/p>\n

AMAZING. <\/p>\n

I have no photo of this moment…she was there for but a moment before streaking off into the ether…but I can still see it, replaying in my mind. <\/p>\n

Silly as it might sound, this has made my morning. <\/p>\n

Such bittersweet emotions right now. She shouldn’t be moth-balled for museum fodder, but I’m so thankful that I live in an area lucky enough to have been selected to give one of these beautiful shuttles a new home. I can’t wait for Udvar-Hazy to reveal her glorious debut. I’ll miss the Enterprise,<\/a> but now it’s time for others to enjoy her. <\/p>\n

Welcome home, Discovery. <\/p>\n