The space shuttle Enterprise took a journey more akin to those of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise than its orbital sister ships on Sunday.
The prototype shuttle floated on a barge through New York Harbor, from John F. Kennedy Airport en route to Bayonne, New Jersey.
There, it will be transferred to another barge, this one with a crane. On Tuesday, the second barge will carry it back up the Hudson and lift the shuttle onto the deck of the USS Intrepid Museum, a former aircraft carrier and Enterprise's final destination.
The Enterprise was flown into JFK on the back of a 747 on April 27.
©CNN
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/04/space-shuttle-sails-through-new-york-harbor/?hpt=us_r1
No comments:
Post a Comment