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Miles O'Brien Reflects on Shuttle Program Shortcomings

Season 2012 Episode 1080 | 2m 45s

Space Shuttle Discovery hitched a ride Tuesday morning from Florida's Kennedy Space Center to Washington D.C.'s Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, where it will live out its final days. NewsHour Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on the event from Cape Canaveral. He reflects on what Discovery's final journey means for Florida and where the shuttle program fell short.

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