See a Space Ship Fly Over Manhattan…And It’s Not a UFO
- Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:52pm by
Liz Klimas
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(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
NEW YORK (The Blaze/AP) — Look! Up in the sky! It’s a … space ship? Yes, it’s a space shuttle — again. For the second time this month, Americans have been treated with an unusual sight flying over two major cities on the East Coast: Washington, D.C. and New York City.
Flying from Washington to New York on Friday was the space shuttle Enterprise.
(AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Enterprise zoomed around the city, riding piggyback on top of a modified jumbo jet. Its trip included flyovers over parts of the city and landmarks including the Statue of Liberty and the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum on Manhattan’s west side, before landing at its temporary home, Kennedy Airport.
“Touchdown at JFK!” NASA declared on Twitter.
Check out this raw footage from the NY Post:
Here’s another angle from AP:
At the Kennedy tower, air traffic controllers had been busy fielding inquiries from circling pilots, who were informed they’d be delayed from landing because of “special activity.” Some wondered how much longer they would be in the air. Others asked where they should look to get the best view.
When the big event occurred, the controller said to the shuttle craft: “Welcome to New York, and thanks for the show.”
A little earlier, as the shuttle passed Manhattan, people gathered on rooftops to gawk. It was chased through the air by a NASA plane, and in the Hudson River by numerous ferries and other boats.
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A few dozen people gathered on the deck of its future permanent home, the Intrepid. The crowd cheered and applauded and snapped pictures as the shuttle flew over the river. About five minutes later, the shuttle turned around, again flying past the aircraft carrier. Dozens more lined the pier by the ferry terminal.
Onlookers bundled up on a blustery spring day crowds gathered along piers, cameras slung around their necks. The roar of the aircraft could barely be heard over the howling winds.
“There it goes: Space Shuttle Enterprise flying over,” tweeted Lincoln Center. “An amazing view!”
The shuttle also flew over central Long Island. Nassau County office workers looked out their windows and marveled as it passed over the Roosevelt Field Mall, located near a former airfield where Charles Lindbergh took off for Paris in 1927.
The shuttle had been scheduled to arrive earlier in the week, but NASA pushed it back because of bad weather.
The shuttle prototype was housed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington but will soon be making its home at the Intrepid, where it will be “the largest and most significant space artifact in the entire Northeast,” said Susan Marenoff-Zausner, Intrepid’s president.
That won’t happen right away; after its fly-around, the Enterprise is heading to Kennedy Airport, where it will remain for a few weeks until it’s taken off the 747 jet it rode to New York.
After that, Marenoff-Zausner said, it will be put on a barge in early June and brought up the Hudson River to the Intrepid, where it will be put on the flight deck and a pavilion over it will be completed. The museum anticipates opening the shuttle exhibit to the public in mid-July.
“When somebody comes to visit, they will not only see the shuttle itself, but will have an engaging and interactive experience inside the pavilion,” she said.
Enterprise comes to New York as part of NASA’s process of wrapping up the shuttle program, which ended last summer. At the Smithsonian, its place has been taken by the shuttle Discovery. Shuttle Endeavor is going to Los Angeles and shuttle Atlantis is staying at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center.
Enterprise has never been used in an actual space mission, but was a full-scale test vehicle used for flights in the atmosphere and experiments on the ground.
That doesn’t make Intrepid any less excited about having it, Marenoff-Zausner said.
“This is an institution in American history,” she said, adding, “This tested so many different things that without it, travel into space would never have happened.”
She is confident the public will feel the same way and anticipates interest in the shuttle will increase the number of annual visitors by about 30 percent, to 1.3 million over the course of a year.
The public’s interest is what drove the Intrepid to find a way to display it even though a permanent display location still has to be found, Marenoff-Zausner said.
The initial plan was to leave it at the airport for a couple of years until its permanent home was set, she said, but “we want the public to be able to experience this immediately.”
In order to do that, Intrepid had to do some shuffling around of its collection. Last week, three aircraft were taken off the flight deck and sent to the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Glenville, N.Y.
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The-Monk
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 8:39pmI’m going to miss the Space Shuttle Program….
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I remember what you said happened one other time.
Hope this gets to you.
Report Post »The-Monk
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Part of it is links to Drudge that are trying to be shut down by other people. It effects The Blaze links also and effects the whole site.
We can try tomorrow if that’s better for you.
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The-Monk
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Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 4:51pmMonk,
Report Post »Done, so let me know what is next.
Yeah, He‘s driving in from down near B’ham. I wished he’d put down some on it when he found it. I hope he gets it too.
The-Monk
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Report Post »The-Monk
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Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 5:25pmYep, that misspelling is correct too.
Report Post »The-Monk
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Report Post »jlcook
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 2:28pmDon’t worry the Russians will take good care of the Space Station. What a d-bag this guy is, gotta make us equal to the rest of the criminal, and 3rd world countries around the world.
Report Post »IMPEACH NOW!
Kelso
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 11:49amITSJESTTIM seems to be a screw loose, but purposeful. Watch out for those, who may not come back with a distinguishable argument, or plays the baiting game…but rather, just fill the pages with nonsensical gibberish, with its subtle purpose of getting you off topic, You ask “what?”, and the answer is something so abstract, you begin then, to ponder over other issues like sanity, motivation, or the plain sense of it, when it was there merely stop you from talking about the subject at hand. Don’t give these new breed of trolls reasons to exist.
Report Post »wntsmallgov
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:49pmSad day in America when we give up or advantage in space. Obama needs to be voted out.
Report Post »str8blues
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:00pmThe Blaze is getting to be a little bit much with all the ads on every video. I get tired of having to mute the same ads that play over and over and over. I guess I‘ll just have to quit watching the video’s and just read the text. I can finish an article in the amount of time I have to listen to dishwashing soap ads.
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 12:52amThe videos are from AP and they put the ads in, those are just links to videos, its not the blaze doing it.
Report Post »RugDog
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:50pmGood thing one of obamas muslim brothers wasn’t flying that near NY.
Report Post »Guitar Master
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:43pmzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
THE REPORTER Speaks
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A true testament to the brilliance and ingenuity of our engineers and scientists. In this time of sadness in our nations history this last flight of this proud ship should be a reason for all Americans to be proud of their country and it’s scientific accomplishments.
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:04pmShould be landing in Houston.
Report Post »Just in time
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 11:39amThat’s exactly right Doc, that’s where it should have gone.
Report Post »Manitu0
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 5:17pmI agree.. The Enterprise should have gone to Houston.
Report Post »captain_errol
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:13pmI have to watch a 30 seconds commercial to watch a short video? I think I will pass.
Report Post »pbrfan5948
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:09pmhahaha i love it
Report Post »Blazerilla
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:27pmFirst, it is shameful that this program was retired with no replacement and now we have to depend on the Russians to get our astronauts into space.
Second, why are none of these shuttles going on display somewhere in the interior of the U.S.? It would be nice if there was a shuttle within a day’s drive of every American. Just more discrimination against folks in Flyover Country.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:25pmThat’s funny, people went from not replying to me, to replying to me saying “I don’t usually reply, but maybe this once” – to finally figuring out they can’t discredit by not replying, and so now many people are replying.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:52pmWhat?
Report Post »ITSJESTTIM
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:02pm@scuba13
“What?’
You see scuba, I’m so brilliant, I even have to reply to myself. I just can’t help it. When I stand in the aisles and look at the walls I know the only shining candle is the one I’m carrying. Seen any underwater UFO’s lately, huh?
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:33pmAre the walls you are looking at padded for your own protection?
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:02pmToo bad leftist can’t appreciate how great our country is. It is their loss!
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:16pm.
Somebody should blow TAPS for NASA……….
Sad they can’t even launch a Paper Plane……..
Report Post »ITSJESTTIM
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:08pm@SpankDaMonkey
Someone should blow taps for the iridescent beings that wont have the pleasure of meeting me next to the tomb by the shining sea, Huh?
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:43pmAhhh the symbol of the decay in America…..when the shuttle program was scrapped (with no replacement system) NASA here in Brevard County LOST 7,000 jobs! Amplify that times 7 and thats how many support community jobs were lost……. Oh Yes!! Clap and Cheer the down fall of our country!!!! Throw the bum out of the Whitehouse so he can catch his wife walking away too!
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:23pmSad huh, that people cheer over the decay, they’ve been cheering about decay for 200 years.
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:53pmOf course had Florida and Texas have been “blue states” Obama never would have changed the mission of NASA to “Muslim Outreach”.
Report Post »Conservative_T-Rex
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:41pmnobody cares. oh wait, nobody cares. did i mention nobody cares.
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Report Post »trueamerican40
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:39pmThis guberment used to celebrate achievements…now they celebrate cutbacks and bailouts. Crying shame. :..(….
Report Post »encinom
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:46pmThat is what the Tea ****** party demanded, no more spending only tax cuts for the rich and the GOP have done everything to make those demands a reality.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:01pmENCINOM Tax cuts for the rich that’s all you tools have in your tool box,the Marxist in chief could tax the ‘rich’ at 100% and it wouldn’t make a difference.There’s 105 trillion reasons that proves we have a spending problem not a tax problem.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:23pmEncinom,
How do you live with yourself? First you call us Nazis, then you realized that would make us Socialists but we’re for limited government, so that was not true. Then you say we support big business, but we’re against bailouts and crony Capitalism, so that was not true either. Then you call us “Right wing nut jobs”, but limited government (the basis of government here) is actually a balanced government of the people. So we are Centrists and anything left of this is radical Marxism/Socialism/dictator,etc. So you’re wrong yet again. All you can do is slander because this administration is a dismal failure of communism, which you support.
Your credibility is in the negatives because you have no basis or truth to your argument. What are we..National Socialists or Anarchists? Crony Capitalists (AKA Socialism/Marxism) or not? You look like a fool every time you post.
Proverbs 17:28 (NLT)
Even fools are thought to be wise when they keep silent; when they keep their mouths shut, they seem intelligent.
BTW, tell me which HUGE government country ever worked? None! Only the USA, spreading freedom and human ingenuity ever worked. Before we became socialists there was almost NO poverty (actually compared to the world) we have no poverty. The largest middle class and freedom to create and invent. You are a supporter of slavery… enslaving those to government handouts! Do not feed the animals…know why that is posted? I think you know…
Report Post »HumbleMan
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:02pmEncinom, how many days a week do you work for the government? I don’t mean for pay; I mean how many days a week is all of your salary taken from you?
Who is John Galt?
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:33pmI was hoping it was a real UFO, then maybe they would pick up ITSJUSTTIM and take him back to the planet IDIOT.
Report Post »ITSJESTTIM
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:20pm@scuba13
Real UFO‘s wont touch me because I’m not the critter they are looking for. Seen any UFOs underwater? No you wont because they are invisible under water. They swim around you while you suck air from a tank. Try staying on terra forma dude, huh?
Report Post »Cagey1
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:24pmWhen I first read the headline before I clicked on to the story, I thought, “OH NO They found the mother wheel” lmao!!!!! For those who do not know it is a Louis Farrakhan reference.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:21pmWho cares about the shuttle. All that stands for is a past age when the US actually a real country. Obama has stopped our manned space program and in three years turned us into a african-type nation. We depend on the Russians to get into space now. What a crime?
Report Post »PlowMan
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:30pmI agree. I am a history buff and really like this sort of thing normally but this just turns my stomach!
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:44pmI am still mad as hell that Johnson Space Center didn’t even get to keep the mock up much less one of the shuttles. That was a direct slap in the face to Texas.
Report Post »My husband worked in the space industry for 40 years at JSC, built a lot of things that flew and I do believe all we got was a couple of chairs.
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:13pmHey NASA, how’s that muslim outreach working for you? Any new technology stemming from that throwback religious ideology?
Report Post »madasblazes
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:19pm(Obama cancelled the space program and instituted a muslim outreach program through NASA).
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:10pmWould have been better if Air Force One had played chicken.
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:06pmIf it weren’t for your headline, Liz, I never wudda looked.
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