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[Assignment: 48-DPA-04-25-08_SOI_K_USPP_Fly] Aerial views of Washington, D.C. [buildings, monuments, landscapes, taken during ride by] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides on] U.S. Park Police helicopter [48-DPA-04-25-08_SOI_K_USPP_Fly_DOI_3039.JPG]
[Assignment: 48-DPA-N_Aer_Region_2-26-06] Aerial views of Main Interior, [buildings and monuments in the vicinity, and greater Washington, D.C.] region [48-DPA-N_Aer_Region_2-26-06_DOI_7549.JPG]
[Assignment: 48-DPA-04-25-08_SOI_K_USPP_Fly] Aerial views of Washington, D.C. [buildings, monuments, landscapes, taken during ride by] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides on] U.S. Park Police helicopter [48-DPA-04-25-08_SOI_K_USPP_Fly_DOI_3139.JPG]
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[Assignment: 48-DPA-N_Aer_Region_2-26-06] Aerial views of Main Interior, [buildings and monuments in the vicinity, and greater Washington, D.C.] region [48-DPA-N_Aer_Region_2-26-06_DOI_7484.JPG]
[Assignment: 48-DPA-04-25-08_SOI_K_USPP_Fly] Aerial views of Washington, D.C. [buildings, monuments, landscapes, taken during ride by] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides on] U.S. Park Police helicopter [48-DPA-04-25-08_SOI_K_USPP_Fly_DOI_2911.JPG]
[Assignment: 48-DPA-04-25-08_SOI_K_USPP_Fly] Aerial views of Washington, D.C. [buildings, monuments, landscapes, taken during ride by] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides on] U.S. Park Police helicopter [48-DPA-04-25-08_SOI_K_USPP_Fly_DOI_2912.JPG]
[Assignment: 48-DPA-04-25-08_SOI_K_USPP_Fly] Aerial views of Washington, D.C. [buildings, monuments, landscapes, taken during ride by] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides on] U.S. Park Police helicopter [48-DPA-04-25-08_SOI_K_USPP_Fly_DOI_2914.JPG]
[Assignment: 48-DPA-N_Aer_Region_2-26-06] Aerial views of Main Interior, [buildings and monuments in the vicinity, and greater Washington, D.C.] region [48-DPA-N_Aer_Region_2-26-06_DOI_7637.JPG]
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Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) is seen from Top of the Town in Arlington, Virginia as it flies near the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Washington. Discovery, the first orbiter retired from NASA’s shuttle fleet, completed 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited the Earth 5,830 times, and traveled 148,221,675 miles. NASA will transfer Discovery to the National Air and Space Museum to begin its new mission to commemorate past achievements in space and to educate and inspire future generations of explorers. Photo Credit: (NASA/Chris Gunn)
The Space Shuttle program was the United States government's manned launch vehicle program from 1981 to 2011, administered by NASA and officially beginning in 1972. The Space Shuttle system—composed of an orbiter launched with two reusable solid rocket boosters and a disposable external fuel tank— carried up to eight astronauts and up to 50,000 lb (23,000 kg) of payload into low Earth orbit (LEO). When its mission was complete, the orbiter would re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and lands as a glider. Although the concept had been explored since the late 1960s, the program formally commenced in 1972 and was the focus of NASA's manned operations after the final Apollo and Skylab flights in the mid-1970s. It started with the launch of the first shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981, on STS-1. and finished with its last mission, STS-135 flown by Atlantis, in July 2011.
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