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Eventually, Intrepid plans to build a larger facility to showcase the shuttle and enhance its other space exhibits and educational displays.Īs of Tuesday morning, superstorm Sandy was centered about 190 kilometer) east-southeast of Pittsburgh, slowly moving westward and weakening over Pennsylvania, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami. Enterprise was taken back to California in August 1979, and later served in the development of the SLC-6 at Vandenberg AFB in 1984. Since its arrival at the Intrepid, Enterprise has been housed in its climate-controlled steel-and-fabric “Space Shuttle Pavilion.” This shelter was never meant to be permanent, however. However, no damage to that orbiter was reported, nor was any damage evident on webcam footage of the shuttle.Įnterprise, built in the 1970s, never made it to space, but it was used as a prototype to test the space shuttle design during approach-and-landing glide tests. In its place, the retired space shuttle Discovery is now on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center, having arrived in April after NASA retired its 30-year shuttle program in 2011.ĭiscovery was also in Sandy’s path, and the Smithsonian remains closed due to the storm. Similar extensive damage was seen throughout the city and region, leaving buildings destroyed, millions of people without power and at least 16 dead.Įnterprise was delivered to the Intrepid in June after being transferred from its previous home at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. The “superstorm” Sandy flooded Pier 86, where the Intrepid is anchored, submerging part of the museum’s main entrance under water.

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The creator of Enterprise, Rick Berman, welcomes Connor Trinneer and Dominic Keating into his home to talk about the Star Trek series and more. Shop for more Toys rockets & spaceship toys available online at Walmart.ca. Intrepid officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The co-creator of Enterprise, Brannon Braga, joins Connor Trinneer and Dominic Keating in the Shuttlepod to talk all about Star Trek and the series in particular. Buy Fascinations Metal Earth: Space Shuttle Enterprise from Walmart Canada.

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