The space shuttle Enterprise named after the spaceship in Star Trek was hoisted by a crane onto a floating museum in New York’s Hudson River. Cheers erupted from the crowd of New Yorkers and tourists who turned out to see the retired spacecraft moved to its new home.
“Beam me up, Scotty!” a man in the crowd shouted as the crane lifted the shuttle off a barge onto the museum.
“It’s a part of our history” said the New Yorker Cameron Fisher. The crowd grew quiet and the air was filled with the creaking of the crane and the beating of a helicopter circling overhead as the shuttle rose 230 feet into the air.
The shuttle strapped to a barge made its way up the Hudson River and past the Statue of Liberty.
Enterprise drew more crowds on Wednesday on the banks of the Hudson to watch the NASA spacecraft make its final approach to its new floating home on Manhattan’s west side.
Experts say Enterprise captured the hearts and minds of many by embodying the best of American ingenuity. In April last year NASA announced it would retire its space shuttle to locations in New York, Virginia, California and Florida.
Since its joy ride over the city in April, Enterprise has been kept in a protective tent at JFK International Airport.
It is expected that the space shuttle will be the major attraction for years to come.
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