Farewell to the shuttle - Discovery Traditional Cache

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Royal Oak: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.

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Hidden : 4/28/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


A series placed to commemerate the end of the space shuttle program,
if all has gone to plan these should be launched shorly after Atlantis has reached orbit on the final shuttle mission.

Commemerative Patch


Discovery


Discovery Launching

Discovery was the 3rd shuttle to enter service, her 1st mission (STS-41-D) on August 30th 19814, flying 39 missions over 27 years she was finally retired on 9th March 2011.


Discovery was also responsible for putting the Hubble Telescope into orbit on April 24th 1990.


Fact File:

Missions flown: 39
Time in space: 365days, 12hrs, 53m and 34 seconds
Number of orbits: 5830
Distance travelled: 148,221,675 miles







The cache is a regular clip lock that will hold coins and trackables, located on a footpath not to far from Cheshire Oaks..

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh ernyyl fubhyqa'g arrq bar.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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