The Space Shuttle Enterprise is getting ready for its trip to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Tuesday, which has meant an intricate operation to get from its hangar at JFK Airport to a barge that will eventually go up the Hudson River.
On Friday, the Enterprise was moved out of the hangar and, yesterday, it was placed on the marine barge. Today, the Enterprise will depart JFK, towed by a Weeks Marine tugboat, and will travel along the shore of Queens and Brooklyn, passing the Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge at 3:30 p.m.; Coney Island at 4:19 p.m.; and under the Verrazano Bridge at 5:34 p.m. before docking at Weeks Marine in Port Elizabeth, NJ at 6 p.m.
The Enterprise will remain in NJ on Monday and Tuesday is the big day: "At 9:15 a.m., the barge and shuttle will leave Weeks Marine, passing the Statue of Liberty at 9:50 a.m.; the World Trade Center at 10:40 a.m.; and travel up the Hudson River, completing its journey at the Intrepid Museum at 11:30 a.m. where it will be lifted by crane onto the flight deck and put into position facing the Hudson River." UPDATE, June 5: The trip to the Intrepid has been postponed to Wednesday, June 6, weather-permitting.
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