Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Visualized: Space Shuttle Enterprise disembarks the 747 en-route to its watery retirement home

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Two weeks after arriving into JFK on the back of a Boeing 747, the Enterprise has been hoisted from the back of the jet and onto a wheeled transporter. From there, the prototype spacecraft will be taken down the Hudson river on a barge, where it'll end up exhibited on the flight desk of the USS Intrepid (CV-11). The museum will open on July 19th, while the plane that carried it has one more historic flight to carry out -- taking the Endeavour to the California Science Center before both are retired.

[Image Credit: Dennis Jenkins / Collectspace.com]

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