The first space shuttle, the Enterprise, will be moved soon from its current home at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum Annex near the Dulles airport. The Udvar-Hazy Center will receive the Discovery once its flights have concluded later this year. That means the Enterprise, NASA's approach and landing test vehicle in the early days of the shuttle program and current star resident of teh Udvar-Hazy Center, will be looking for a new home. It will get one more trip atop a modified 747, just as it did back when it proved the shuttle design was viable for a controlled-flight return to earth from space.
The final resting place of the Enterprise has not yet been determined. With any luck, the Enterprise or one of the other three remaining shuttles will be displayed somewhere on the West Coast. It was a thrill to see the Enterprise at very close range (the Udvar-Hazy Center is outstanding); I hope the permanent shuttle displays to come are equally as viewer-friendly.
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