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Today in Smithsonian History: November 16, 1985

Space Shuttle "Enterprise" Comes to the Air and Space Museum. (Photo by Dale Hrabak, as featured in the Torch, January, 1986)

Space Shuttle “Enterprise” comes to the Air and Space Museum. (Photo by Dale Hrabak, as featured in the Torch, January, 1986)

November 16, 1985 The Space Shuttle Enterprise flies into Washington Dulles International Airport atop a modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft. Using cranes, the Enterprise is removed from the top of the 747 and lowered to the tarmac at Dulles on November 17. On December 6, NASA transfers title of the Enterprise to the National Air and Space Museum at a black tie gala at the airport.

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