Space Shuttle Enterprise arrives in New York. Where will the other shuttles go?
罢丑别听蝉辫补肠别听蝉丑耻迟迟濒别听辫谤辞迟辞迟测辫别 Enterprise moved to its new home Wednesday, the flight deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air &聽Space聽Museum on the Hudson River in New York.
NASA's three real聽space聽shuttles聽鈥� the ones that rocketed into orbit 鈥� also will spend their retirement in museums.
One is already on display. The other two will follow by year's end.
A quick look at each ship:
Discovery: Flown in April to Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, taking the place of Enterprise. Fleet leader with 39 missions. Oldest survivor of the real聽shuttles. First flight in 1984, 39th and last in February-March 2011. Spent 365 days in聽space, traveled 148 million miles.
Endeavour: Still at Kennedy聽Space聽Center. Will be flown in September to California Science Center in Los Angeles. Youngest聽shuttle, built as replacement for the destroyed Challenger. First flight in 1992, 25th and last in May-June 2011. Spent 299 days in聽space, traveled 123 million miles.
Atlantis: Still at Kennedy聽Space聽Center. Will be transported down the road to the Kennedy聽Space聽Center Visitor Complex in November. First flight in 1985, 33rd and last in July 2011. Spent 307 days in聽space, traveled 126 million miles.
Enterprise: Flown in April from Smithsonian to New York. Prototype聽shuttle聽used in five approach-and-landing tests at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., in 1977; dropped off back of modified jumbo jets with two-man astronaut crews and guided to landings. Never flew in聽space聽nor was it designed to do so. Used in NASA tests and traveling exhibits, then given to Smithsonian in 1985.
