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We normally see this when they come out of california when the shuttle has to land in the desert out there because weather in florida is bad. you had opportunity last week. you saw one piggyback operation. martha: discovery moved into place where this one was prior to that at the smithsonian annex in washington. usually when you take the shuttle to dc in new york. you don't want it to circle but just land quickly. in this case the circling is part of the whole event. it is a wonderful tribute to all the years and hard work that this whole shuttle team put into this project. they are being reti...

Pair came in low over the runway. it had left about 20 minutes earlier. the fleet discovery with 3 39orbitol missions. the fleet leader heading to a museum. nasa ending the program after a 350-year run. they are going to focus on destinations beyond the low earth orbit. private companies are hoping to pick up the slack on that beginning with space station cargo and hopefully astronauts and the first commercial cargo run is actually set to take place in a few weeks, but we're going to miss the shuttle program, so amazing over the course of three decades. martha: as you point out this was really...

Down the coast of east florida. the vision and the view they had of the space shuttle, it was hort-lived, it entered into a layer of clouds shortly after liftoff. so watching that arc against the florida sky was something that was only grabbed for a matter of moments here. but tom, is it right to say that this thing has gone off just as well as one could expect so far? >> so far, so good. and one of my overwhelming sensations right now is how proud i am to have been a member of that team for four space shuttle launches. the lucky astronauts get to fly to orbit and do their jobs but the job the...