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Manhattan around the statue of liberty to get a look at this, something that you dont see every day, that you may never see again, and in fact this will be the last flight of the enterprise. its making its way to jfk where it will be greeted by a vip crowd of 1600 people, and eventually will be demated from the top of the 747, put on a barge and brought to the intrepid sea, air and space museum. mark kelly, astronaut, has been with us. youre a jersey guy, were you born in orange? >> yeah, born i...

Nothing like that, that ive ever experienced. what is it like in the shuttle when eventually this does end up at the intrepid and other ones are open for business, so to speak, to become a learning tool and experience, what is it like inside that shuttle somewhat will people see? >> the crew compartment of the space shuttle it depends on your perspective. some people think its small, other think its large. the cockpit is about the size of the cockpit of a 747. then there is a mid-deck. ive flown...

43 passengers kept on board a plane for more than three hours. the cause, a bug bite. "newsroom" begins right now. good morning to you. im carol costello. you are bere its final flight. the granddaddy of a program. it was the next wave of a space race that had americans holding their breath. a craft so futuristic and exciting president ford told nasa to name it after captain kirks ship from the legendary show "star trek." >> space, the final frontier. these are the voyages of the sta...

Missions its flown. millions upon millions of miles in space. it bears the scars and, the worn tiles to show for that. the enter prize on the other hand this is the first time its seen the light of day since 2003 when it was first put in the museum here. they will be put up nose to nose and provide a fitting backdrop for the ceremony when that gets underway, rick. rick: doug, the space agency, nasa says this is as much about the future of nasa as it is about the past. tell us about that. >> repo...

The arrival of the space shuttle discovery as it pulls into the place where it will spend the rest of its days, the annex of the national air and space museum at dulles international airport. it doesnt fit into that wonderful facility at the washington mall there. it logged more than 365 days, a full year, in space, 39 missions that diehard shuttle took in 27 years, and im joined now by tim hughes who is chief counsel for space x which were going to talk about in a second, and also on the phone ...

What a great year. 30 years ago. >> greg: look, that shuttle, look at the shuttle. look how lazy it is. fly on your own, shuttle! fly on your own. >> bob: do you realize how many taxpayer dollars it took to fly that thing over here? i mean, cmon. >> dana: probably less than it cost than the solyndra money. >> bob: just before we came on, greg said dont screw this up, dana to try to get her to screw it up. i dont think thats fair. >> dana: if you want to know why you should unfollow greg on twitt...

Around the nations capital. what a great year. 30 years ago. >> greg: look, that shuttle, look at the shuttle. look how lazy it is. fly on your own, shuttle! fly on your own. >> bob: do you realize how many taxpayer dollars it took to fly that thing over here? i mean, cmon. >> dana: probably less than it cost than the solyndra money. >> bob: just before we came on, greg said dont screw this up, dana to try to get her to screw it up. i dont think thats fair. >> dana: if you want to know why you s...

That it is. martha: as you point out enterprise will be coming to new york. atlantis will be at the kennedy space center and endeavor heads out to los angeles so that all of these vehicles can be appreciated by lots of folks who will want to come see them up close. it is interesting that you point out, doug, you know, it will bear all of the scars and wear and tear of going in and out of space on its trips up to the international space station. it is extraordinary site. >> reporter: yeah. martha...

Involving the secret service. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ >> dana: welcome back to "the five." end of an era today. space shuttle decided last summer it was decided that the government would no longer have the space shuttle program. so a 30-year run. it was great. what happened today, and you watched this so well get your reaction. space shuttle got a ride on 747 and did a fly over, over the potomac reagan airport and d.o....

Martha: lets look at this amazing video we have coming in on the left-hand side of the screen, look at discovery, basically a fly-by over the dulles airport area. it has left cape canaveral of course, after 30-year space shuttle program and a storied history that is full of try yums and victories and tragedies as well. now finding its way to its new home at the smithsonian, it will land a little while in dulles. what an extraordinary site for those to look up that can see the discovery as it com...