The Intrepid Museum is a military, aerospace, and history museum in New York City, United States. It is located at Pier 86 at 46th Street, along the Hudson River, in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood on
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Aerial view of the museum from the Hudson River, 2011
Enterprise being lowered onto Intrepid in 2012
Space Shuttle Enterprise is the first orbiter of the Space Shuttle system. Rolled out on September 17, 1976, it was built for NASA as part of the Space Shuttle program to perform atmospheric test flig
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…it started turning a profit. Between 2006 and 2008, the Intrepid Museum was completely closed for a $115 million renovation. A new pavilion for the Space Shuttle Enterprise opened in 2012. The Intrepid Museum spans three of the carrier's decks; from top to bottom, they are the flight, hangar, and gallery decks. Most of the…
Enterprise in flight in 1977, during ALT-13
Enterprise being lifted onto the deck of Intrepid in June 2012
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry (third from right, in dark brown), the Star Trek cast (with the exception of William Shatner) and NASA administrators attending Enterprise's rollout ceremony
Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton (wearing oxygen mask) in Enterprise's cockpit, 1977