![]() ![]() Over the next few years, the Intrepid has plans to build a Science and Technology Center, which will become Enterprise's permanent home.Įnterprise and the Intrepid both played important but supporting roles to NASA's human spaceflight efforts. The flight deck exhibit however, is intended to be temporary. Inside, guests will find Enterprise displayed as if it were landing from one its test flights, its nose raised into the air and tailcone attached at its rear. The Intrepid plans to open its new "Space Shuttle Pavilion" to the public on July 19. ![]() A climate-controlled structure made of steel and fabric will then be erected over the shuttle beginning on June 7. The crane-equipped barge will then complete the trip with Enterprise on June 6, pulling up next to the Intrepid and offloading the orbiter onto the museum's flight deck. Once there, the shuttle will be transferred to another barge outfitted with a large crane. On June 4, Enterprise will be hoisted onto a specially-configured barge and towed down the Hudson River to a dock in Bayonne, NJ. Once "de-mated," Enterprise will be parked in an airport hangar for several weeks. On the ground in New York, Enterprise and the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft will remain mounted together at JFK until NASA can move and set-up the two large cranes that joined the two vehicles in Washington. "While New York is getting a space shuttle today, I must admit this is bittersweet for NASA, because we are saying goodbye to it," said NASA deputy adminstrator Lori Garver. The space agency already turned over Enterprise's title to the museum last December. A brief handover ceremony between NASA and the Intrepid was to be held at the airport. ![]() Friday's flight to New York began Enterprise's journey to the Intrepid, a converted World War II aircraft carrier, for its permanent display.Įnterprise's final landing was witnessed by an audience of 1,500 invited guests, including New York state and local elected officials. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., by Discovery, NASA's most-flown space shuttle. On April 19, Enterprise was replaced at the Smithsonian's Steven F. The prototype orbiter - which never flew in space but was used for a series of approach and landing tests in the late 1970s - had been a part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's collection since being flown to Washington in November 1985. The ferry flight marked the first time Enterprise had been airborne in more than a quarter century. The two hour flight had been delayed for several days due to weather concerns. "Welcome, Enterprise - you're going to love it in New York, and we're glad to have you."Įnterprise, mounted to NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), took off from Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. ![]() "Today is a great day for New York," said Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who was on hand at JFK to witness the orbiter touch down. EDT (1522 GMT) following a photogenic flyover of some of the metropolitan area's most famous sights, including the Statue of Liberty and the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, which Enterprise will soon call home. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport at 11:22 a.m. The air- and spacecraft duo touched down at New York's John F. The original test space shuttle, Enterprise flew into the Big Apple on Friday (April 27) atop a modified Boeing 747 jumbo jet. Space shuttle Enterprise, the prototype for NASA's orbiter fleet, is now a New Yorker. ![]()
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