NASA Kennedy Space Center's Fire and Rescue vehicles are lined up for a group portrait in front of Discovery atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Fire and Rescue vehicles are lined up for a group portrait in front of space shuttle Discovery atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at Kennedy’s Shuttle Landing Facility.

This carrier aircraft, designated NASA 905, is scheduled to ferry Discovery to the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia on April 17, and is assigned to all remaining ferry missions, delivering the shuttles to their permanent public display sites. After its arrival at Dulles, Discovery will be placed on display in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center on April 19. For more information on the SCA, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-013-DFRC.html. For more information on shuttle transition and retirement activities, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett