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After Stop at JFK, Shuttle Enterprise Goes to Sea
Topic Started: 4 Jun 2012, 01:33 AM (313 Views)
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After Stop at JFK, Shuttle Enterprise Goes to Sea.


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The shuttle is on the move again. Saturday it was placed on a barge for the final leg of its trip to The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. Gus Rosendale reports.


The prototype space shuttle that arrived in New York City by air earlier this spring was on the move again, this time by sea.

"It brings a tear to your eye," said Richard Kaplan of Massapequa Park, one of the many spectators gathered near Queens' Cross Bay Bridge Sunday afternoon.

The Enterprise gave New Yorkers much to admire in late April when it flew around New York City's most famous sites atop a 747 jet before landing at Kennedy. Its boat ride to the Intrepid Sunday also involved notable sites: cruising across New York Harbor, it passed the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge, Coney Island, and went under the Verrazano Bridge before it docked at Port Elizabeth, N.J.

"I would have been here at 2 in the morning if I knew the thing was going to be here," said Kaplan. "It's that important."

The shuttle was placed on a barge Saturday and readied for a slow journey through the harbor to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Manhattan's West Side. Sunday, when the tide was just right, it began the water-bound journey.
The Enterprise will stay at Port Elizabeth until Tuesday at 9 a.m., when it will begin the last leg of its journey to the museum. It is expected to pass the Statue of Liberty at 9:50 a.m., the World Trade Center at 10:40 a.m. and then it will travel up the Hudson River to the Intrepid Museum at 11:30 a.m., where it will be lifted by crane onto the flight deck and put into position facing the Hudson River.

The spacecraft exhibit is expected to open to the public in mid-July.

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Source .............. http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Shuttle-Enterprise-Barge-New-York-Harbor-Journey-Port-Elizabeth-Intrepid-156893645.html
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Ship Photos of The Day – Space Shuttle Enterprise Hits the Water

BY GCAPTAIN STAFF ON JUNE 4, 2012



Today’s ship photos come to us via New York City where the Space Shuttle Enterprise began its journey over the weekend from JFK International Airport to its new home at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.

OThe Enterprise’s journey from JFK to the Intrepid was expected to take 2 days but was postponed due to bad weather.

Instead, the Enterprise was brought to Weeks Marine’s facility in Bayonne, NJ and is now expected to arrive at the Intrepid on June 6, where she will be hoisted by crane onto the iconic aircraft carrier that hovers over the West Side Highway.

Here she is on June 3rd getting loaded onto a barge owned by Weeks Marine.

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Photo via Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum facebook page

Once loaded, the Enterprise set off on what was scheduled to be a two day tow to the Intrepid. Here she is under tow by Weeks Marine tugs.

The lead tug shown here is Weeks Marine’s 2,000 HP tug, Shelby.

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Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Brian Mullin.

Still under tow, local pleasure craft could not resist the urge to get up close and personal with the Space Shuttle.

But the Coast Guard ensured no one got too close.

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Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Brian Mullin.

Here’s the Enterprise entering N.Y. Harbor as she passes under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on Sunday, June 3.

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Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.

Inclement weather delayed the Enterprise’s arrival at the Intrepid.

She was forced to stop after the first leg of her journey in Bayonne, NJ and is expected to complete the trip on June 6th.

Going back a few weeks, the Space Shuttle Enterprise arrived in NY on April 27 piggy-backed on top of a NASA 747 from Virginia.

Here she is taking an aerial tour of her new home at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on the Hudson River.


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The Space Shuttle Enterprise exhibit aboard the Intrepid is scheduled to open to the public in mid-July.

source: gcaptain.com

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