Final Touchdown Of Space Shuttle Discovery...

Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) was one of the orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States, operating from its maiden flight beginning on August 30, 1984 until its final landing on March 9, 2011 with a cumulative total of one full year (365 days) in space; the longest of any spaceship in the world.

I had the huge privilege of watching the final touchdown live over the Internet via CNN. For me it was a sentimental moment. Being an astronomy enthusiast, I know what it means to astronomers to say goodbye to a piece of engineering with a heart and a soul.

Here I am sharing some images I took from the live broadcast of the Final Moments of Space Shuttle Discovery.

P.S: We’ll soon see this magnificent giant as an Autobot on Transformers: Dark Of The Moon.

...The Milestone

We take long journeys and hard decisions

Then something might go wrong

But, should we give-up at that point, we are not just disappointing ourselves

We then are letting-down the people who helped us to come this far

But there are those who would not look back at you...
No matter how close you were to them in the past

That doesn't mean we should be like that

We should be more

Give to those who gave

Give to those who didn't gave

What's the difference? you might ask

The difference is "all the difference in the world"

For that difference differs who we are

When one day, your earth goes dark

You'll see that there is at-least one person holding a light for you

It maybe just one person, but be glad at least you have one

Because there are some who have none

Why? Because they had left the people who gave

There is no one to give to them now

See that... That's the difference

But... one day, you'll reach a milestone

Only you'd know

Look back...

Say "Thank You!"

That makes you a better person than the rest of the world

Till All Are One!

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