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high-profile lift when it was used to haul the infamous miracle on the hudson plane out of water, us air flight, 1549 with captain sully in 2009. the president of the intrepid is here with us right now. susan, you guys have been waiting for this for 3 1/2 years. you must be so excited. this is the most unbelievable day. i don t know if you can really describe it. yes it is the culmination of are three years of hard work to have the enterprise come here today. reporter: what is happening right now? we have this massive crane behind us. the crane is being put into position. the barge with the actual shuttle on it will be positioned next to her. this crane you were speaking about 250 foot boom can lift 500,000 tons while will lift her like a ballet up on the flight deck. reporter: never been done before? never been done before. don t expect to ever do this part again. we re very, very excited. we ll build an experience around here once she is up on the flight deck. reporter: h
when he splashed down in the ocean and gemini mission of gus grissom and john young. so we do have some space history here. jenna: the story comes full circle, doesn t it. what we ll point out today we ll see the intrepid, i m sorry the enterprise on the deck of the intrepid and then after that we re not going to be able to see that picture again because they will be building this airtight structure over the top of it to protect it from the elements. you will get that picture of the enterprise on the intrepid today. and they re going to try to put the structure up as fast as they can to make sure that the shuttle, you know, is protected from the elements. jon: it is part of american history. it is going to be there forever. jenna: very cool. jon: great. hey, there is a bizarre photo sparking outrage online. what is wrong with this picture and who posted it on facebook?
there you see in the lower part of your screen the intrepid, where they re making ready to bring aboard shuttle enterprise. laura engle is live at the scene and watch and hopefully take us all along as the enterprise gets hoisted onto the deck. laura? reporter: absolutely jon. it has been a spectacular sight all day longwith a lot of anticipation as we watch the space shuttle enterprise floating along the hudson river. we will give you a love look. my cameraman will show it there with the whiteout outer casing atop of the massive barge cruising to the final resting stop here at the intrepid museum. the shuttle was led by a monster of a crane with a 250 foot tall boom which towers over the river like a floating skyscraper this crane, we ll talk it right here, is capable of lifting 500 tons and has been seen in action along the hudson river for another
enterprise was built ruggedly with construction because they didn t understand the loads going to and from space yet. after challenger was lost nasa considered upgrading it to space capability but they felt a lighter, newer shuttle, turned out to be endeavour would be a better bet for them. jenna: tom, we last week were talking about spacex, the new private venture to get, a rocket into space. i was going to use the term shuttle but really more of a rocket to the international space station up there. as you see kind of the space program evolve and think about what s ahead as well i m just curious how you see these two news items together? well it is good news that last week spacex and its dragon capsule were successful in their run to the station as these shuttles go to museums. we can see perhaps a glimmer how nasa can reopen the supply line to the space station and eventually in five years fly astronauts. i would sure like to see that process accelerated and have these commercial s