Space shuttle Discovery flying over Florida's capitol building.

Title

• Space shuttle Discovery flying over Florida's capitol building.

Image Number

• RC13618

Year

• 1992

Date Note

• Photographed on December 18, 1992.

Series Title

• General: Reference collection

General Note

• The space shuttle Discovery, riding piggyback on a 747, made a detour on its route from Texas to the Kennedy Space Center and did a low flyover of the Capitol.
• Shown following STS-53 mission that took place between December 2 (launch) and December 9 (landing) 1992.

Photographer/Personal Author

• Robinson, Erik.

Physical Description

• 1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.

Subject Term

• Space shuttles
• Astronautics and civilization
• Aviation
• Space age
• Space programs--United States
• Boeing 747 (Jet transports)

Geographic Term

• Leon County (Fla.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
• Tallahassee (Fla.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Subject Corporate

• Florida State Capitol (Tallahassee, Fla.)
• Space Shuttle Program (U.S.)
• NASA
• United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
• Discovery (Spacecraft)

Shelf Number

• Shelf number: 16021.

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