Space Shuttle Enterprise Removed from 747 Carrier Aircraft

At John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in New York, space shuttle Enterprise was removed from NASA s 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) early Sunday morning. Enterprise will be placed on a barge that will move by tugboat up the Hudson River to the Intrepid Sea, Air Space Museum in June. The shuttle will be lifted by crane and placed on the flight deck of the Intrepid, where it will be on exhibit to the public starting this summer in a temporary climatecontrolled pavilion. The Intrepid continues to work on a permanent exhibit facility to showcase Enterprise that will enhance the museum s spacerelated exhibits and education