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Looks like it's probably going to make a landing this time around. and later today it will be carried to a different part of the runway. it will be as they say demated from the 747 and will go on display almost right away, thursday, after a ceremony at the annex to the aerospace museum at dulles. if you and your family have never been out here to the air and space museum it's really something to see, in large mart because it's just so much bigger than the air and space mo museum, one of the biggest museums in downtown washington. the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb is there. you have ...

When he went into space making him the oldest person in space. i believe back in 1998. but a little piece of trivia for you as we take this incredible sight at dulles international airport, discovery carry ad buzz lightyear toy into space in 2008. >> reporter: that is a first. jenna: ended up that little toy stayed 468 days in space. you can see that at the air and space museum in the mall as part of the culture collection. a lot of interesting little facts, doug as we take a final look at discovery as it continues to taxi. again it will be here at the airport while it gets disattached if you ...

Jenna: well put. context for us to take in today. we often don't think of the smithsonian as a retirement home. in a way that's what is going to happen to discovery. doug, if you will just take us to, again the scene that you're watching. i tried to describe what is tolding discovery onto the 747. can you talk to us a little bit about how they made -- what they did to keep discovery attached to the 747 to make this flight? >> reporter: well, it's something that nasa is well experienced with. it's basically a process that is 27-years-old now. they modified the 747 at the early stages of the pro...