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"It brings a tear to your eye," said Richard Kaplan of Massapequa Park, one of the many spectators gathered near Queens' Cross Bay Bridge Sunday afternoon.
VIDEO: Space shuttle Enterprise sails towards Intrepid
The Enterprise gave New Yorkers much to admire in late April when it flew around New York City's most famous sites atop a 747 jet before landing at Kennedy. Its boat ride to the Intrepid Sunday also involved notable sites: cruising across New York Harbor, it passed the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge, Coney Island, and went under the Verrazano Bridge before it docked at Port Elizabeth, N.J. "I would have been here at 2 in the morning if I knew the thing was going to be here," said Kaplan. "It's that important."
-- Reported by Jonathan Vigliotti NBCNewYork.com
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The last time I saw a shuttle this close to water it was in pieces and on fire....
Wow, so inappropriate it is beyond belief.
Decker: "all these ships were named Enterprise.."
teardrop.
Enterprise was the only shuttle to be launched from the back of the 747 carrier and land at Edwards.
I am so proud of NASA and the U.S. for their achievments over the past decade on their Mission accomplished for example with Spacex and the Dragon and put my full trust in NASA and the space program to achieve higher goals for the exploration projects for the futuer of the U.S. and what this symbolizes for our country...Job well done NASA therefore; Made in the U.S.A. THANKYOU.