Space shuttle Enterprise flies by New York City (photos)
This shuttle's heyday was in 1977, when it proved the space plane design could actually fly. Now it's headed to retirement.
Enterprise overhead
Last year, NASA's space shuttle fleet made its last forays into orbit. Now the remaining space planes are being moved to their final terrestrial resting places at a handful of museums in the United States. That group includes the shuttle Enterprise, which in 1977 made several flights in Earth's atmosphere as a proof of concept -- it never actually flew into space.
Today, the Enterprise made its final flight, headed to JFK Airport in New York, piggyback aboard NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. In June, it will ride a barge up the Hudson River to the city's Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. CNET photographer Sarah Tew captured the fly-by from a vantage point in Hoboken, N.J.
O shuttle, where art thou?
Wings, wings, and more wings
Heading away
Flying low
Over the Upper West Side
Piggyback
Bolted to a 747
Retirement time
Almost out of sight
Skyline view
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