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Originally, ''Enterprise'' had been intended to be refitted for orbital flight to become the second space-rated orbiter in service.<ref name="tech"/> However, during the construction of {{OV|Columbia}}, details of the final design changed, making it simpler and less costly to build {{OV|Challenger|full=no}} around a body frame that had been built as a [[test article (aerospace)|test article]].<ref name="tech"/> Similarly, ''Enterprise'' was considered for refit to replace ''Challenger'' after the latter [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|was destroyed]], but {{OV|Endeavour|full=no}} was built from structural spares instead.<ref name="tech"/><ref name="name"/>

''Enterprise'' was restored and placed on display in 2003 at the [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian]]'s new [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center]] in Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/informal/features/F_Udvar_Hazy_Center.html |title=National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center |publisher=NASA |date=October 23, 2003 |access-date=September 30, 2015 |archive-date=January 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125165545/http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/informal/features/F_Udvar_Hazy_Center.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the [[Space Shuttle retirement|retirement]] of the Space Shuttle fleet, {{OV|Discovery|full=no}} replaced ''Enterprise'' at the Udvar-Hazy Center, and ''Enterprise'' was transferred to the [[Intrepid ~~Sea, Air & Space~~Museum|''Intrepid'' Museum]] in New York City, where it has been on display since July 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/18/3168405/nasa-space-shuttle-enterprise-pictures-uss-intrepid-nyc |title=NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise aboard the USS Intrepid in pictures |work=[[The Verge]] |first=Dante |last=D'Orazio |date=July 18, 2012 |access-date=September 30, 2015 |archive-date=July 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709154804/https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/18/3168405/nasa-space-shuttle-enterprise-pictures-uss-intrepid-nyc |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Differences between ''Enterprise'' and future shuttles==

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| caption2 = ''Enterprise'' (left) stands with ''Discovery'' on the latter's delivery to the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.

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From 1985 to 2003,<ref name="nasasf20120427" /> ''Enterprise'' was stored at the [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian]]'s hangar at [[Washington Dulles International Airport]] before it was restored and moved to the Smithsonian's newly built [[National Air and Space Museum]] [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center]] at Washington Dulles, where it was the centerpiece of the space collection.<ref name="hazy">{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/everydaylife/nasm_enterprise.html |title=Shuttle Enterprise at Center of Museum's Space Hangar |work=NASA.gov |first=Jim |last=Wilson |date=October 29, 2004 |access-date=November 28, 2007 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306144538/https://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/everydaylife/nasm_enterprise.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On April 12, 2011, NASA announced that {{OV|Discovery|full=no}}, the most traveled orbiter in the fleet, would replace ''Enterprise'' in the Smithsonian's collection once the [[Space Shuttle retirement|Shuttle fleet was retired]], with ownership of ''Enterprise'' transferred to the [[Intrepid ~~Sea, Air & Space~~Museum|''Intrepid'' Museum]] in New York City. On April 17, 2012, ''Discovery'' was transported by [[Shuttle Carrier Aircraft]] to Dulles from [[Kennedy Space Center]], where it made several passes over the Washington D.C. metro area.<ref name="nasa20120417">{{cite news |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/discovery_departure.html |title=Discovery Departs Kennedy Space Center |work=NASA.gov |first=Anna |last=Heiney |date=April 17, 2012 |access-date=April 17, 2012 |archive-date=April 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419055006/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/discovery_departure.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="washpost20120418">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/space-shuttle-discovery-makes-final-flight-over-washington-dc/2012/04/18/gIQAMtqcQT_story.html |title=Space shuttle Discovery makes final flight over Washington D.C. |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |first=Brian |last=Vastag |date=April 18, 2012 |access-date=April 19, 2012 |archive-date=April 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419055930/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/space-shuttle-discovery-makes-final-flight-over-washington-dc/2012/04/18/gIQAMtqcQT_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After ''Discovery'' had been removed from the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, both orbiters were displayed nose-to-nose outside the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center before ''Enterprise'' was made ready for its flight to New York.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/when-enterprise-met-discovery |title=When Enterprise Met Discovery |last=Camusci |first=Tiffany |date=August 31, 2018 |website=National Air and Space Museum |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |access-date=January 9, 2020 |archive-date=July 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721043238/https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/when-enterprise-met-discovery |url-status=live }}</ref>

====New York====

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}}On December 12, 2011, ownership of ''Enterprise'' was officially transferred to the ''[[Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum|Intrepid]]'' [[Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum|Museum]] in New York City.<ref name="cspace20111212">{{cite news |url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-121211a.html |title=Intrepid Museum Celebrates Ownership of Space Shuttle Enterprise |work=CollectSpace.com |first=Robert Z |last=Pearlman |date=December 12, 2011 |access-date=January 30, 2012 |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112135412/http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-121211a.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NAS">{{cite news |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/transition/placement/enterprise_transfer.html |title=NASA Transfers Enterprise Title to Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City |work=NASA.gov |first=Kris |last=Rainey |date=December 11, 2011 |access-date=January 30, 2012 |archive-date=February 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211074602/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/transition/placement/enterprise_transfer.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="prweb20111122">{{cite press release |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/11/prweb8987493.htm |title=NASA Transfers Title to Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City |publisher=PRWeb.com |first1=Deborah |last1=Raskin |first2=Luke |last2=Sacks |date=November 22, 2011 |access-date=March 27, 2012 |archive-date=January 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129152844/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/11/prweb8987493.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> In preparation for the anticipated relocation, engineers evaluated the vehicle in early 2010 and determined that it was safe to fly on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft once again.<ref name="nsf100314">{{Cite news |url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/03/enterprise-good-condition-potential-sca-ferry-smithsonian/ |title=Enterprise in good condition for potential SCA ferry from Smithsonian NASM |work=NASAspaceflight.com |first=Chris |last=Bergin |date=March 14, 2010 |access-date=March 16, 2010 |archive-date=March 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316230551/http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/03/enterprise-good-condition-potential-sca-ferry-smithsonian/ |url-status=live }}</ref> At approximately 13:40 [[UTC]] on April 27, 2012, ''Enterprise'' took off from Dulles International Airport en route to a fly-by over the [[Hudson River]], New York's [[JFK International Airport]], the [[Statue of Liberty]], the [[George Washington Bridge|George Washington]] and [[Verrazano-Narrows Bridge|Verrazano-Narrows]] Bridges, and several other landmarks in the city, in an approximately 45-minute "final tour". At 15:23 UTC, ''Enterprise'' touched down at [[JFK International Airport]].<ref name="njcom20120427">{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/space_shuttle_enterprise_lands.html |title=Space shuttle Enterprise lands safely in New York, after soaring over northern N.J. |work=NJ.com |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=April 27, 2012 |access-date=June 4, 2016 |archive-date=June 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605022525/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/space_shuttle_enterprise_lands.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="wsj20120427">{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304811304577369602130310414 |title=A Shuttle Meets Its City |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |first1=Pervaiz |last1=Shallwani |first2=Alison |last2=Fox |date=April 27, 2016 |access-date=June 4, 2016 |archive-date=August 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805120814/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304811304577369602130310414 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The mobile [[Mate-Demate Device]] and cranes were transported from Dulles to the ramp at JFK and the shuttle was removed from the SCA overnight on May 12, 2012, placed on a specially designed flat bed trailer and returned to Hangar 12.<ref name="cspace20120301">{{cite news |url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-030112a.html |title=Space shuttle Enterprise lands in New York City on April 23 |work=CollectSpace.com |first=Robert Z |last=Pearlman |date=March 1, 2012 |access-date=March 22, 2012 |archive-date=March 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305024610/http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-030112a.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On June 3 a [[Weeks Marine]] barge took ''Enterprise'' to [[Jersey City]]. The Shuttle sustained cosmetic damage to a wingtip when a gust of wind blew the barge towards a piling.<ref name="abcnews20120605">{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/06/space-shuttle-enterprise-damaged-en-route-to-new-home/ |title=Space Shuttle Enterprise Damaged On Way to New Home |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |first=Alexandra |last=Ludka |date=June 5, 2012 |access-date=June 7, 2012 |archive-date=June 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607051156/http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/06/space-shuttle-enterprise-damaged-en-route-to-new-home/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was hoisted June 6 onto the Intrepid Museum in Manhattan.<ref name="njcom20120604">{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/06/space_shuttle_enterprise_to_sp.html |title=Enterprise to spend day in Jersey City |work=NJ.com |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=June 4, 2012 |access-date=June 7, 2012 |archive-date=February 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203144155/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/06/space_shuttle_enterprise_to_sp.html |url-status=live }}</ref>