Space Shuttle Swan Songs: Enterprise and Discovery Fly their Final Missions [Slide Show]

Friday, April 27, 2012 - 06:00 in Astronomy & Space

New Yorkers who look up today can catch a glimpse of history. The Enterprise space shuttle will be flown over the Hudson River on its way to John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, a stopover on its final journey to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan. A modified Boeing 747 is ferrying the shuttle from its former home in Washington, D.C. [More]

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