“This is an institution in American history,” she said, adding, “This tested so many different things that without it, travel into space would never have happened.” That doesn’t make Intrepid any less excited about having it, Marenoff-Zausner said. Shuttle Endeavor is going to Los Angeles and shuttle Atlantis is staying at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center.Įnterprise has never been used in an actual space mission, but was a full-scale test vehicle used for flights in the atmosphere and experiments on the ground. At the Smithsonian, its place has been taken by the shuttle Discovery. “When somebody comes to visit, they will not only see the shuttle itself, but will have an engaging and interactive experience inside the pavilion,” she said.Įnterprise comes to New York as part of NASA’s process of wrapping up the shuttle program, which ended last summer. The museum anticipates opening the shuttle exhibit to the public in mid-July. That won’t happen right away after its fly-around, the Enterprise is heading to Kennedy Airport, where it will remain for a few weeks until it’s taken off the 747 jet it rode to New York.Īfter that, Marenoff-Zausner said, it will be put on a barge in early June and brought up the Hudson River to the Intrepid, where it will be put on the flight deck and a pavilion over it will be completed. The shuttle prototype was housed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington but will soon be making its home at the Intrepid, where it will be “the largest and most significant space artifact in the entire Northeast,” said Susan Marenoff-Zausner, Intrepid’s president. The shuttle had been scheduled to arrive earlier in the week but NASA pushed it back because of bad weather. Its trip was to include low-altitude flyovers over parts of the city and landmarks including the Statue of Liberty and the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum on Manhattan’s west side. NEW YORK - Any new arrival to New York City wants to see the sights - and the space shuttle Enterprise is no different.Įnterprise is scheduled to arrive in the city Friday, riding on top of a modified jumbo jet. Kennedy International Airport before assuming its new permanent location on the deck of the Intrepid Air and Space Museum in New York Harbor. Enterprise is scheduled to arrive in New York on the back of a NASA jumbo jet today where it will be stored in an hangar at John F. 18, 1977, file photo, America’s Space Shuttle Enterprise, rides atop a giant 747 on its first test flight at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
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