The new #NASAsocial banner
Some of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's aircraft collection. In the foreground is a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.
Vicki Portway (Manager of the NASM Web & New Media Division and @sluggernova) and ThinkGeek's Timmy model in front of the Donald D. Engen Tower at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Welcome banner
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. In the background, crowds are among the first to see Discovery on display.
#NASAsocial #OV103 participants sign a banner to welcome Former commanders and crew of Discovery
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
Some of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's aircraft collection. The large silver aircraft in the center is the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, and beyond it is a Concorde.
Commemorative patch issued by the Smithsonian Institution for the occasion
#NASAsocial #OV103 credential
Kiosk with special commemorative items
@CraigFifer signs a Space Shuttle tire to welcome Discovery, with Enterprise in the background
#NASAsocial #OV103 participants enjoy lunch
@CraigFifer and @robpegoraro model with ThinkGeek's Timmy
Ascent, by John Safer (2003)
ThinkGeek's Timmy
Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar