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On Assignment: Space Shuttle Enterprise makes its final journey to the Intrepid museum

JERSEY CITY AND WEEHAWKEN, N.J., JUNE 6, 2012 — With the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline in the background, the Space Shuttle Enterprise leaves the Weeks Marine shipyard in Jersey City to continue its journey by barge to its final home, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Jocelyn Jakih of Jersey City and her two-year-old niece Eva Torres watch the Space Shuttle Enterprise as it gets ready to depart from the Weeks Marine shipyard in Jersey City on board a barge for its final journey to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

The Space Shuttle Enterprise leaves the Weeks Marine shipyard in Jersey City. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

With the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline in the background, the Space Shuttle Enterprise leaves the Weeks Marine shipyard in Jersey City to continue its journey by barge to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

The barge carrying the Space Shuttle Enterprise makes a u-turn at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to head north up the Hudson River as seen from Global Terminal at the foot of Port Jersey Boulevard in Jersey City. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

People watch and take pictures of the Space Shuttle Enterprise from Hamilton Park in Weehawken as it is transported by barge on the Hudson River to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

The Space Shuttle Enterprise makes its way up the Hudson River by barge past the Empire State Building towards the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

The Space Shuttle Enterprise arrives at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City on a barge where a crane will lift it up onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

New York City fire boats spray water during the Space Shutte Enterprise’s journey up the Hudson River to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

The barge carrying the Space Shuttle Enterprise stops just north of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum to wait for the crane which will lift the shuttle onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier to get into position. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

See photos from when the space shuttle first arrived in New York City and when it was docked in Jersey City in preparation for its final journey to the Intrepid.

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