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Display ready for visitors by july. if you're just joining us this morning, we're watching as the enterprise makes its way in the metro here in new york city, this flight took off this morning, from dulles airport roughly after 9:30 this morning, as you see the shuttle is piggy backed up north on a modified 747, and final destination will ultimately be the intrepid sea, air and space museum on pier 86 in midtown. fascinating how to think the next generation will consider space travel. as you point out, the future of space travel is changing a lot, and in your estimation, how do you see you bei...

Vehicle down on the pavement and tow it where it needs to go. this case to a barge you wouldn't want to take the space shuttle through the streets of new york city. >> could you imagine? >> it would be really difficult to get it to the intrepid taking it through the streets. >> the great thing is with the intrepid being over there on the hudson, pier 86, make it another spectacle for people to watch as you say, as the enterprise will be floated on that barge and arrive at the intrepid in june. the plan is for it to arrive there roughly in june, no specific date as of yet but have it ready for ...

Museum at pier 86 in midtown. astronaut captain mark kelly, former commander joining us this morning to walk us through all this. mark i have interesting facts about enterprise i want to get out there to everybody. people recognize the name enterprise, this craft was named after the fictional star shift enterprise from "star trek" in the 196 0s. this is not the first time it has flown around new york city. didn't land but you saw this in the 1980s, if i heard you correctly? >> yeah, i did. i can't remember when it was in the 80s, but i remember being at school at u.s. merchant marine academy a...