Leonard Nimoy to Shuttle Enterprise: 'Live Long and Prosper' in NYC

by Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Assistant Managing Editor

Date: 27 April 2012 Time: 01:02 PM ET

Leonard Nimoy of "Star Trek" fame says a few words after NASA's prototype space shuttle Enterprise touched down in New York City on April 27, 2012. CREDIT: Tariq Malik/SPACE.com View full size image

NEW YORK — Science fiction met fact with a "Star Trek" twist here today (April 27) when the space shuttle Enterprise, named in honor of the starship from the beloved television show, came face-to-face with Spock — Leonard Nimoy, that is.
The "Star Trek" actor was on hand at John F. Kennedy International Airport when the shuttle Enterprise flew in atop a jumbo jet Friday morning. Enterprise was delivered from Washington, D.C. to the Big Apple, where it will eventually go on display at Manhattan's Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.

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