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.
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O shuttle, where art thou?
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Wings, wings, and more wings
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Heading away
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Flying low
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Over the Upper West Side
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Piggyback
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Bolted to a 747
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Retirement time
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Almost out of sight
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Skyline view
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Space shuttle Enterprise flies by New York City (photos)
