A Virtual Tour Of Discovery's Business End

A Virtual Tour Of Discovery’s Business End

Editorial Staff

Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:00 AM ET

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With the space shuttle era concluded, NASA technicians created a digital tribute to the program.
This tribute is an interactive 360-degree virtual tour of the Space Shuttle Discovery's cockpit and immediate surroundings.
The virtual tour was captured just before Discovery's decommissioning and transfer to the Smithsonian's Udvar Hazy Center.

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With the shuttle era over, memories of the amazing accomplishments of the program, and its terrible tragedies, are the stuff of history books, but enterprising NASA technicians have created a digital tribute to the venerable spacecraft. Just before they decommissioned Discovery to send it to the Udvar Hazy Center of the Smithsonian in Washington, NASA shot an interactive 360-degree view of the cockpit and its immediate environs. Click anywhere on the screen and move the mouse where you want to see.