Final Voyage of Space Shuttle Enterprise (Photos)

SCA and Enterprise on the Runway at JFK Airport

Clara Moskowitz/SPACE.com

Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Assistant Managing Editor, got this shot of Enterprise and the SCA at JFK airport after they landed, April 27, 2012.

SCA Carrying Shuttle Enterprise Safely Down at JFK Airport

Karl Tate/SPACE.com

SPACE.com Infographics Artist Karl Tate took this photograph of the SCA and Enterprise after they safely arrived at JFK Airport, New York City, April 27, 2012.

Shuttle Enterprise Touches Down in New York

collectSPACE.com / Robert Z. Pearlman

NASA's prototype space shuttle Enterprise touches down at New York's JFK International Airport on April 27, 2012.

Space Shuttle Enterprise's Last Day at the Smithsonian

Clara Moskowitz/SPACE.com

SPACE.com reporter Clara Moskowitz visited Space Shuttle Enterprise on its final day at the Smithsonian in Virginia, April 19, 2012.

Shuttle Enterprise Mating To SCA

NASA/Bill Ingalls

The space shuttle Enterprise is seen in silhouette after it was mated on top of the NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) at Washington Dulles International Airport, Friday, April 20, 2012, in Sterling, Va.

Space Shuttle Enterprise's Last Day at the Smithsonian #3

Clara Moskowitz/SPACE.com

SPACE.com reporter Clara Moskowitz visited Space Shuttle Enterprise on its final day at the Smithsonian in Virginia, April 19, 2012.

Shuttle Enterprise Udvar-Hazy Roll-Back

NASA/Paul E. Alers

Space Shuttle Enterprise is prepared to be rolled from the Space Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center prior to a transfer ceremony, Thursday, April 19, 2012, in Chantilly, Va.

Prototype Shuttle Enterprise Atop Carrier Aircraft

collectSPACE.com / Ben Cooper

Space shuttle Enterprise, seen mounted atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at Washington Dulles International Airport on April 20, 2012.

Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives at Udvar-Hazy

NASA/Smithsonian Institution/Carolyn Russo

Space Shuttles Enterprise, left, and Discovery meet nose-to-nose at the beginning of a transfer ceremony at the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Thursday, April 19, 2012, in Chantilly, Va.

Shuttle Discovery Arrives at Udvar-Hazy

NASA/Carla Cioffi

Space Shuttles Enterprise, left, and Discovery meet nose-to-nose during the a transfer ceremony at the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Thursday, April 19, 2012, in Chantilly, Va.

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