Posted Apr 23, 2012, 12:10 PM
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http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...rises_new.html
Space shuttle Enterprise's New York flyover postponed by rain
By Tomas Dinges
April 21, 2012
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The likelihood of rain has postponed Monday morning’s scheduled flyover of the space shuttle Enterprise over New York City, NASA officials said yesterday.
The shuttle was to be flown from Washington, D.C., atop a modified 747 and conduct several flyovers of Manhattan before landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport. But rain is forecast for New York City and Washington on Monday. With its awkward payload, the jet is sensitive to precipitation and as a result, NASA managers and officials from the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, where the shuttle will be delivered, decided yesterday to delay the flight.
Officials said they will review weather forecasts and announce a new flight date "as soon as practical." In the weeks after landing in New York City, the shuttle will be placed on a barge and moved up the Hudson River to the Intrepid museum, where it will become part of a permanent exhibition scheduled to open this summer.
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