06/16/16 - With my last full day in NYC I finally head over to the USS Intrepid to see Enterprise!

My bus route took me to within a few hundred feet of 2U. It was weird

Hey it's the Intrepid!

Selfieee

In a bizarre coincidence there was a mockup of the Aurora 7 Mercury capsule here! Apparently THIS ship is the one that recovered it!

I just happened to be here on the day that my Aurora 7 episode came out!

The little posigrade rockets and bigger retrograde rockets

I'm a space shuttle adult

OV-101, we meet at last!

It's Space Shuttle Enterprise!

The first space shuttle. Originally intended to be retrofitted for spaceflight but has only experienced atmospheric flight

Fred Haise flew this vehicle!

Hi there

The hatch

The nose of Enterprise

A panorama of Enterprise

Some actual instruments from Enterprise!

Big chunky instruments

It really does look like the bridge between Apollo and the modern space area

The nose gear

Ahh, I get it. And yes, the shuttle Enterprise was named after the Star Trek Enterprise. Fans wrote to Congress asking for it

Another view of the landing gear

One more shot of the instruments

I had no idea that's where the Columbia test wing came from!

A piece of reinforced carbon-carbon

A mockup of an early shuttle concept

That's a huge windtunnel model

Hey cool, a Soyuz!

Close quarters in that Soyuz

The aerodynamic tail of Enterprise

Weird Russian interface on the Soyuz

I think this is where the parachute lives

Hey cool, a Concorde!

This looks like a comfy seat

A Gemini mockup!

An AWACS!

So many of the planes have foldable wings

F-16!

I have no idea what this plane is

I'm pretty sure the SR-71 never launched off an aircraft carrier

Looking back at the bridge.. or tower.. or something

Hey I know how to fly these!

Lots of people wandering around on the deck

Apparently you can go into the Concorde but I was too late for the tour. Another time.