On July 19, a long-awaited event took place. The New York Floating Museum, which displays various space artifacts, has been replenished with a new exhibit. Despite the fact that the Enterprise shuttle has not been in space for a minute, it is of great interest to ordinary people around the world.
Now everyone who visits the center of New York, or rather the Aerospace and Naval Museum, will be able to see the space shuttle Enterprise with their own eyes. He is famous for being the forefather of all American shuttles.
He himself never roamed the universe in his life, since he was originally created as a prototype for the NASA space department. Previously, his work was monitored: how he would behave in the atmosphere, how he would land. Since 1977, the shuttle has served only for the purpose of obtaining spare parts for space shuttles flying into space.
The star exhibit was delivered from Washington to the airport of the capital of the United States on a transformed Boeing-747 aircraft, or rather, on its roof. Then they were temporarily placed on a barge. And then, as a monument, they installed on one of the main attractions of New York - the Intrepid aircraft carrier, which has been preserved since the Second World War, and is now located off the west coast of Manhattan.
The museum itself is also located there, which is visited by more than one million people a year. The artifact is protected by a large gray dome. Three meters separates the shuttle from the deck. As a result, viewers find themselves directly under the shuttle.
Each visitor to this unique panorama will be able to simultaneously visit a specially organized exhibition. On it, a shuttle movie is presented to everyone's attention, which lasts a little over five minutes. The voice acting of the video clip about the shuttle Enterprise was carried out by the famous actor from the popular TV epic "Star Trek" Leonard Nimoy, who played the role of Spock. In this film, the interstellar ship also had the name "Enterprise", named after the already famous shuttle.
Museum curator Jessica Williams believes this rare space shuttle monument is a true US treasure. And that the shuttle will help broaden the exploration of the space program in America.
