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Space Shuttle Enterprise Floats To Manhattan Home

The space shuttle Enterprise is making the final leg of its journey to its new Manhattan home.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The space shuttle Enterprise is making the final leg of its journey to its new Manhattan home.

The shuttle prototype will travel up the Hudson River on a barge Wednesday, passing the Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Center site before being hoisted by crane onto the flight deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.

The U.S. space agency, NASA, ended its shuttle program last year.

The shuttle left Kennedy Airport on the barge Sunday morning. It was flown from Washington atop a 747 jet in April.

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