Space Shuttle Enterprise arrives in New York. Where will the other shuttles go? (+video)

Like the Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise, which is now on the?flight deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air &?Space?Museum in New York City,?NASA's three real?space?shuttles?? the ones that rocketed into orbit ? also will spend their retirement in museums.

By Marcia Dunn,?Associated Press / June 6, 2012

The Space Shuttle Enterprise is lifted onto the deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum on the retired USS Intrepid Aircraft carrier in New York Wednesday.

Mike Segar/Reuters

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The?space?shuttle?prototype Enterprise moved to its new home Wednesday, the flight deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air &?Space?Museum on the Hudson River in New York.

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NASA's three real?space?shuttles?? the ones that rocketed into orbit ? also will spend their retirement in museums.

One is already on display. The other two will follow by year's end.

A quick look at each ship:

Discovery: Flown in April to Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, taking the place of Enterprise. Fleet leader with 39 missions. Oldest survivor of the real?shuttles. First flight in 1984, 39th and last in February-March 2011. Spent 365 days in?space, traveled 148 million miles.

Endeavour: Still at Kennedy?Space?Center. Will be flown in September to California Science Center in Los Angeles. Youngest?shuttle, built as replacement for the destroyed Challenger. First flight in 1992, 25th and last in May-June 2011. Spent 299 days in?space, traveled 123 million miles.

Atlantis: Still at Kennedy?Space?Center. Will be transported down the road to the Kennedy?Space?Center Visitor Complex in November. First flight in 1985, 33rd and last in July 2011. Spent 307 days in?space, traveled 126 million miles.

Enterprise: Flown in April from Smithsonian to New York. Prototype?shuttle?used in five approach-and-landing tests at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., in 1977; dropped off back of modified jumbo jets with two-man astronaut crews and guided to landings. Never flew in?space?nor was it designed to do so. Used in NASA tests and traveling exhibits, then given to Smithsonian in 1985.

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