Above are the incredible shots of the Space Shuttle Enterprise flying over New York City last Friday April 27. It was mounted on NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at Dulles International Airport for its final flight, landing at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport at around 11:20 am.
But on the way, [the shuttle] thrilled thousands of spectators by flying at low-attitude above some of Manhattan's most iconic landmarks, including the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center, as it followed the Hudson River to the Tappan Zee Bridge and back.
The above quote is from the
Daily Mail, which has more photographs of the spectacular event.
The dramatic clouds over New York fit the grandeur of the shuttle. And one great lady raises her arm in greeting to a great American enterprise, which is paying its respects to a great American city.
On a sour note, President Obama's
funding cuts for NASA:
leaves NASA funded at its lowest level in four years, forcing the space agency to juggle priorities and "devastating planetary science," said Bill Nye, CEO of space exploration group The Planetary Society.[From Foxnews.com]
