New York — Space shuttle Enterprise, mounted atop a specially fitted NASA Boeing 747, lands at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

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New York — Enterprise flies over New York and the Statue of Liberty.

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New York — Enterprise flies past the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.

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Union City, N.J. — The space shuttle Enterprise, riding on the back of a specially fitted NASA Boeing 747, cruises above the New York City skyline headed for John F. Kennedy International Airport as seen from across the Hudson River in New Jersey.

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Fort Lee, N.J. — Spectators watch space shuttle Enterprise fly up the Hudson River, prior to landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

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New York — Space shuttle Enterprise, mounted atop a Boeing 747, flies past Ellis Island.

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New York — Enterprise flies over Jersey City, N.J., en route to Kennedy International.

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Fort Lee, N.J. — Enterprise flies up the Hudson River, prior to landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

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New York — New Yorkers take photos as Enterprise flies over the Jersey City, N.J., skyline in the distance.

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New York — A glimpse of Enterprise seen between a pair of apartment towers in Jersey City, N.J.

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Union City, N.J. — Space shuttle Enterprise soars over the Manhattan skyline, including the Empire State Building, in a view from New Jersey.

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Washington — The space shuttle Enterprise, attached to a modified Boeing 747, takes off from Dulles International Airport for New York City.

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Dulles, Va. — A ground crew member stands atop a concrete block to take a photo as Enterprise takes off from Dulles International Airport.

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Washington — Enterprise is mated to a NASA Boeing 747 that bears painted reminders of its dozens of missions ferrying space shuttles over the years.

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Washington — Enterprise is lowered into position to be mated to a NASA Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at Dulles International Airport on April 20.

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