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The Lessons We Learned from Space Shuttle Enterprise

February 18, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter On this day 36 years ago, two astronauts aboard the space shuttle Enterprise took the ship out for its initial test flight. It landed on the back of a 747 before undertaking a series of free flights starting in June that [...]

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Shuttle Enterprise Lands on the Deck of Intrepid in Manhattan

June 8, 2012

NASA’s Space Shuttle Enterprise magnificently completed her final mission by making a historic landing on the deck of a retired aircraft carrier berthed in Manhattan- the Intrepid – as the first and only space shuttle to ever do so on a once-in-history spectacle befitting the Big Apple. But instead of a piloted landing by air, [...]

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Repaired Space Shuttle Enterprise to set Sail on Final Voyage

June 6, 2012

Enterprise, post boo-boo and postponed a day by rainy weather, should arrive at the Intrepid today ! The final leg of the final voyage of Space Shuttle Enterprise is due to conclude on Wednesday, June 6 with a journey by barge up the Hudson River on Manhattan’s West Side to her permanent new home at [...]

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Shuttle Enterprise Transits NYC Skyline on a Barge

June 5, 2012

On Sunday, June 3, throngs of New Yorkers, Jerseyites and more witnessed one of those ultra rare astronomical events – The Space Shuttle Enterprise’s Transit of the NYC Skyline ! NASA’s Space Shuttle Enterprise completed the first leg of her final voyage – a seagoing journey by barge from John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport [...]

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Shuttle Replica Departs Kennedy for Ocean Voyage to Houston on a Barge – Enterprise is Next

May 24, 2012

A high fidelity replica of a NASA Space Shuttle orbiter has set off today, May 24, on an ocean going voyage by barge for NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. This trip by the Shuttle replica gives a taste of what’s to come for the upcoming barge journey by Space Shuttle Enterprise around the [...]

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