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TriBeCa

April 23, 2013

Cold War-Era NASA Satellite Lands in TriBeCa Art Gallery

A recreated 1958 NASA satellite and a series of images from the era explore the Cold War space race.

New York City

August 22, 2012

Sesame Street Favorite Big Bird to Star in Documentary

"I Am Big Bird" is about the man who plays Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street.

Times Square & Theater District

August 06, 2012

Mars Rover Landing Wows Onlookers in Times Square

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity successfully landed on the Red Planet early Monday.

Upper West Side

June 05, 2012

Amateur Astronomers Anxiously Await the Transit of Venus

Determined crowd braves the rain to watch Venus cross the sun. 

Hell's Kitchen & Clinton

June 05, 2012

Space Shuttle Expected to Land on Intrepid Wednesday

The Enterprise is scheduled to make the final leg of its journey on Wednesday morning.

Manhattan

April 24, 2012

Space Shuttle Flight Over City Delayed Until Friday

The Space Shuttle Enterprise flight has been postponed until Friday because of weather.

Manhattan

April 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Fly Over Delayed by Weather

The space shuttle Enterprise was set to fly past Manhattan landmarks on its way to JFK Airport Monday.

Chelsea & Hell's Kitchen

October 13, 2011

Ohio Pol Says City 'Woefully Unprepared' for Space Shuttle

Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown has written to NASA asking them not to put the Space Shuttle Enterprise on display at the Intrepid Museum in Hell's Kitchen.

Upper West Side

August 16, 2011

NASA's Final Shuttle Crew Lands At Natural History Museum

NASA's final space shuttle crew wowed kids and adults alike with tales of travel to the stars at the American Museum of Natural History on Tuesday.

Chelsea & Hell's Kitchen

April 13, 2011

Intrepid Lands NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise

A space shuttle will land in New York, but not one that's ever actually orbited the heavens.

Manhattan

December 13, 2010

Yankees-Loving Astronaut Brings Gifts From Space to Mayor Bloomberg

Astronaut Garrett Reisman famously wore the Yankee's team logo on his space suit this summer.

Upper West Side

October 01, 2010

Hayden Planetarium to Celebrate 10th Birthday with Big Bang on 10.10.10

On 10.10.10, the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the Natural History Museum will celebrate 10 years.

Downtown

April 22, 2010

Schumer, Gillibrand and Nadler Step Up Campaign to Bring Space Shuttle to the Intrepid Museum

Twenty museums are competing to get NASA shuttles after they're retired.

Downtown

March 15, 2010

Astronaut Neil Armstrong Lands on Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum

Twenty museums are competing to get NASA shuttles after they're retired.