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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Shuttle Enterprise Over New York
NASA ^ | May 09, 2012 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 05/08/2012 9:26:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Explanation: What's that in the background? Two famous New York City icons stand tall in the above photo taken last week. On the left looms the Statue of Liberty, a universal symbol of freedom, while on the right rises the Empire State Building, now the second largest building in the city. What's unique about this once-in-a-lifetime photograph, though, is the third icon that appears to Lady Liberty's left. High in the air and far in the background flies the space shuttle Enterprise -- perched atop a 747 jet -- on the way to its new home. New Yorkers and visitors to the Big Apple can visit the test space shuttle at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on the West Side of Manhattan starting July 19.

May 09, 2012

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; enterprise; newyork; science; shuttleenterprise; spaceshuttle
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To: SunkenCiv

So, NYC gets the one shuttle that never went to space? Why? Wasn’t it at Smithsonian Annex near DC?


21 posted on 05/09/2012 3:23:27 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
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To: Cyber Liberty

NY helps elect the President, DC does not.


22 posted on 05/10/2012 4:12:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Oh, good point. And true.


23 posted on 05/10/2012 4:19:49 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
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To: Cyber Liberty

Yes, the Enterprise was at the museum in Chantilly, Virginia. The Discovery shuttle will go there now. This article at Space.com tells about it...

“Space shuttle Discovery, NASA’s oldest remaining orbiter and the world’s most flown spacecraft, will be displayed by the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum at its Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles International Airport.”

http://www.space.com/11367-nasa-space-shuttles-museums-winners.html


24 posted on 05/10/2012 6:30:59 PM PDT by deks ("...the battle of our time is the battle of liberty against the overreach of the federal government")
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