Space shuttle Discovery begins flight to Florida

Sunday, September 20, 2009 - 12:28 in Astronomy & Space

(AP) -- The space shuttle Discovery is on a cross-country flight to Florida after landing from space earlier this month in Southern California. The Discovery departed from Edwards Air Force Base north of Los Angeles at about 6:20 a.m. Sunday. It is being ferried atop a modified 747 aircraft, known as a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

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