Space Shuttle Discovery will fly over Washington area April 17

Weather permitting, the craft will fly at about 1,500 feet and the local flight is scheduled to occur between 10 and 11 a.m. that day, according to nasa.The aircraft is expected to fly near a variety of landmarks, including the National Mall, Reagan National Airport, National Harbor and the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center. According to NASA, Discovery completed 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited the Earth 5,830 times, and traveled 148,221,675 miles. In 2005, the shuttle launched from Kennedy Space Center and was the first since the shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry in February 2003.