Video Link

Thanks Andrew R

The Space shuttle Enterprise, mounted atop a 747, flew over NYC today. The shuttle will eventually be put on permanent display at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.  Here it is flying past One world Trade Center which is under construction.

Here it is over the Statue of Liberty.

More pictures here

[...]

 NASA released this video which is shot from the Solid Rocket Booster perspective up and down with enhanced sound thanks to Ben Burtt’s son and the folks at Skywalker Sound.

Try to let what you’re witnessing sink in. See those numbers flying past in the upper right hand corner? That’s the Shuttle’s airspeed. [...]

Watch in full screen for best effect.A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica.

via+

Orbital debris, or “space junk,” is any man-made object in orbit around the Earth that no longer serves a useful purpose. Space junk can be bad news for an orbiting satellite. On February 11, 2009, a U.S. communications satellite owned by a private company called Iridium collided with a non-functioning Russian satellite. The collision [...]