17 April 2012 Last updated at 21:44

Discovery's final journey: Your pictures

Discovery and the Boeing 747 at Kennedy Space Center. Photo: Thomas Steiner

One of Nasa's retired space shuttles has made a dramatic flypast over the centre of the US capital on the way to its final resting place in a museum. Here Discovery rests on the Boeing 747 before it is moved to Virginia. Photo: Thomas Steiner.

Crowds of onlookers gathered along the Florida shoreline as dawn broke on Tuesday to see the shuttle take off from Kennedy Space Center. Anna Leahy and Doug Dechow were in Florida to see the take off.

Discovery on the back of a Boeing 747. Photo: Anna Leahy and Doug Dechow (Credit: http://loftyambitions.wordpress.com)

Cheers broke out from the estimated 2,000-strong crowd as the aircraft left the runway...

Dozens of former shuttle workers and Nasa veterans were reported to be among the onlookers. Photo: Anna Leahy and Doug Dechow.

Discovery on the back of a Boeing 747. Photo: Steve Wise

Steve Wise was in Titusville, Florida when he took this photo of Discovery shortly after take off.

Steve used his zoom lens from a pier close to the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida to take this photograph. Photo: Steve Wise.

Discovery flying past the Washington Monument. Photo: Kenneth Marti

In Washington DC, would-be shuttle-watchers gathered on the National Mall, the two-mile-long public park running through the heart of the city, for a prime view of the mid-morning flyover. Kenneth Marti was also there to see Discovery fly past the Washington Monument.

Discovery shuttle amid the clouds. Pic: Marcus Smith

Discovery is replacing Enterprise at the National Air & Space Museum near Washington DC. Enterprise, the prototype shuttle, is moving on to a New York museum. Marcus Smith took this image as it passed over Vint Hill in Virginia on its approach to Dulles Airport.

Adam Wells was also in the US capital, he took this image of the shuttle passing Capitol Hill on the final part of its last journey. Send your pictures to yourpics@bbc.co.uk for terms and conditions see bbc.co.uk/terms.

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