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Space shuttle Discovery transfer ceremony at Smithsonian Institution – in pictures

Shuttle transfer : Shuttle transfer — Space shuttle Enterprise is towed from the space hangar at the Smithsonian National Air and Space museum before the transfer ceremony Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Shuttle transfer : Space shuttle transfer ceremony — Ashley Koen and Stephanie Harris wear hats depicting the space shuttle before the ceremony gets under way Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

Shuttle transfer : space shuttle transfer — Space shuttle Discovery is placed in position Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

Shuttle transfer : Shuttle transfer — Charles Bolden Jr, administrator of NASA, addresses the ceremony Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Shuttle transfer : Space shuttle transfer ceremony — Former US senator and astronaut John Glenn witnesses the official signing over of the space shuttle. Next to Glenn are (left to right): Smithsonian secretary Wayne Clough, NASA administrator and former astronaut Charles Bolden, and National Air and Space museum director JR 'Jack' Dailey Photograph: Gary Cameron/Reuters

Shuttle transfer : Space shuttle transfer ceremony — A blow up figure depicting an alien stands in the crowd Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

Shuttle transfer : Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives To Replace Enterprise At Smithsonian — Marine Corp Drum and Bugle Corps and Color Guard march past the space shuttle Enterprise Photograph: NASA/Getty Images

Shuttle transfer : Discovery space shuttle transfer ceremony — Astronaut John Glenn walks in front of the space shuttles Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

Shuttle transfer : Space Shuttle Discovery — Young boys watch as the space shuttles sit nose to nose Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

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