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Obviously, this is not your everyday 747 flight. i think we hear people yelling in the background. it's exciting. how difficult is this to maneuver at this point? obviously flying at low altitude, what altitude are they flying at now? >> well, i mean it looks like probably 1500 feet to me in the video i'm looking at. the space shuttle empty weighs 195000 pounds, enterprise is different i'm not sure of the exact weight, flying a 747 with something of that size and mass on the top is a little bit challenging. >> i would say so. and how difficult will it be to land? this is a pilot who has done t...

plymouth, massachusetts. i appreciate you calling in. can you just first talk me through what folks there on the ground in huntington beach, what the situation is what they need to do? >> i think the first thing is that you have to assess whether or not this is an animal that is in need of human intervention or not. and so, you know, from what i've seen, there's a pod swimming somewhat freely and then this one particular animal that's a little bit away and stranded. here normally if we have a situation like that, we would try and actually move the single animal and move it out toward...

bond hearing. >> and the oldest and most traveled space shuttle welcomed this hour at the museum where it will live out its days. more than 13 months after its final mission "discovery" on public display in a hangar near dulles airport in virginia. it's part of the national air and space museum, home to that stuff that won't fit in the building you've probably visited on the mall in d.c. "discovery" flew into dulles on tuesday and its sister shuttle "endevour" was bound for los angeles and "atlantis" kennedy space center in florida. we're following live pictures this morning. after...

Yesterday the final crew that came -- that came out here and flew on the orbiter, on sts 133 came out and visited, walked around the shuttle and their remarks were that seeing discovery go off to the smithsonian, a little melancholy and sad. >> i hope people appreciate the workmanship and the craftmanship and the expertise that went into making that work over and over again. and that's part of what we don't have, well captured when it goes to a museum. >> now, in washington, d.c., at around 10:00 to 10:40, go outside and take a coffee break. you will have a fantastic opportunity over many nati...

Earned it. a total of 365 days in space without a mishap. what a champ. >> really is a champ. want to remind people that this veteran orbiter spent a year over the course of the 39 missions since 1984. i remind all of our viewers that you have been with discovery since that time. you have been seeing these launches and all of these safe returns and watching the discovery going to its final place, how soon are you going to come visit? >> i'm coming back to see you guys. i'm still on the payroll. nbc kept me around. that's wonderful. we have a great network up there. it's been my honor and privi...