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Crowds cheer shuttle Enterprise's arrival

Fans, politicians and military personnel watch the Enterprise

Fans, politicians and military personnel watch the Enterprise flown into Kennedy Airport on Friday. The space shuttle will become part of the Intrepid Museum in Manhattan. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (April 27, 2012) (April 27, 2012 5:20 PM)

The space shuttle Enterprise -- riding the back of a jumbo jet -- glided across New York City and part of Long Island on Friday, putting on a show for thousands of awe-struck spectators.

Some gathered on rooftops. Some hovered around office windows. Others braved chilly winds, planting themselves along the waterfront in Battery Park and the retired spacecraft's future home -- the Intrepid...

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