Photos: Space Shuttle Enterprise in the Big Apple
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Photos: Space Shuttle Enterprise in the Big Apple

Updated 2305 GMT (0705 HKT) June 6, 2012
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A barge carries the Space Shuttle Enterprise past the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor on Wednesday, June 6. The shuttle is on its way to the USS Intrepid Museum, where it will be on display aboard the former aircraft carrier. Getty Images
Boats surround the Enterprise as it makes its way up the Hudson River. The shuttle was flown into JFK on the back of a 747 on April 27. Getty Images
The Enterprise is seen from a busy New York street as it is carried up the river Wednesday. AFP/Getty Images
The final leg of the shuttle's journey to the USS Intrepid Museum was scheduled for Tuesday but delayed because of bad weather. Reuters/Landov
The shuttle passes by the New York skyline on Wednesday. UPI/Landov
The Enterprise will be hoisted by crane onto the flight deck of the Intrepid. Getty Images
NASA's space shuttle program ended last year, 30 years after it began. The Enterprise was never launched into space. AFP/Getty Images
Enterprise floats head-on toward the Intrepid Sea. AFP/Getty Images
A giant crane carefully swings the Enterprise from the barge that transported it down the Hudson River toward the Intrepid. AFP/Getty Images
The Enterprise is carefully lowered onto the flight deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, its final resting place. AFP/Getty Images