The Enterprise traveled from Washington Dulles International Airport atop NASA’s 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, which flew at a low altitude over the west side of Manhattan and back around again. This morning, New York City got its own “things riding on top of other things” exclusive as the space shuttle Enterprise freeloaded its way to JFK. Enterprise is expected to go on display at the Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum in New York. Kennedy International Airport, seen from Union City, N.J., Friday, April 27, 2012. Millions of gawkers watched as Enterprise arrived in New York on April 27, loaded on the back of NASA’s specially modified 747 Jumbo Jet for her very last flight from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum at Dulles International Airport.Space shuttle Enterprise, riding on the back of the NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, cruises over the New York City skyline as it makes its way to John F. Enterprise approaches the Statue of Liberty on June 3, 2012. Enterprise will again journey past the Statue of Liberty and then up the Hudson River to her new home at the Intrepid, where she will be hoisted by crane onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier – when the weather safely allows. Inclement NYC weather has postponed the second part of the two part barge journey to the Intrepid museum from Tuesday tentatively to Wednesday, June 6. Credit: Ken KremerĮnterprise suffered some minor damage to the wing tip during the initial stages of the journey – see separate report. Enterprise on a barge passes under the Verrazano Narrows Bridge as huge Cruise ship steams by with passengers agog on June 3, 2012. Ultimately, Enterprise docked late in the evening at Port Elizabeth, Bayonne, New Jersey – at a different location than had been announced – with a direct view of the Statue of Liberty and the southern tip of the gorgeous Manhattan skyline, home to the Freedom Tower currently in the final stages of construction and now the tallest building in New York City. Sailboats and pleasure craft also sailed close by for exquisite views.Įnterprise put on a fantastic, once-in-a-lifetime spectacle, enjoyed by the gathered multitudes all along the route and she sailed past Manhattan’s shore and skyscrapers and on towards the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. ![]() – as enormous Cruise Ships swarming with thousands of agog passengers steamed by the comparatively tiny space shuttle. She passed gracefully under the gorgeous and lengthy span of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and past the humongous pylons, right on time at around 5:30 p.m. ![]() along with a small flotilla of guard and guide ships. ![]() Credit: Ken KremerĪt last the orbiter approached shortly after 5 p.m. I watched Enterprise’s voyage with a big crowd of excited onlookers from a breathtaking north facing lookout on Staten Island towards southern Manhattan’s indelible skyscrapers.Įnterprise on a barge passes under the Verrazano Narrows Bridge as cars speed by on the bridge roadways above on June 3, 2012. Pleasure craft sail nearby in New York Harbor. NASA’s Space Shuttle Enterprise floats on a barge in front of the NYC Skyline on June 3, 2012. ![]() It passed by the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge at about 3:30 p.m. On Sunday, the barge with Enterprise firmly in place was moved by tugboat out of JFK and along the shores of Queens and Brooklyn. To prepare for the watery journey, Enterprise was hoisted by crane onto the Weeks Marine barge on Saturday, June 2.
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