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Space Shuttle Enterprise being lifted off a barge and into place at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on June 6, 2012. Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls.

Superstorm deflates Intrepid’s Space Shuttle Pavilion

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
Space Shuttle Enterprise being lifted off a barge and into place at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on June 6, 2012. Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls.
Space Shuttle Enterprise being lifted off a barge and into place at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on June 6, 2012. Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls.

NEW YORK — The superstorm has caused the Space Shuttle Pavilion at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum to deflate.

A statement from museum president Susan Marenoff-Zausner says unprecedented levels of water on the Hudson River flooded both the museum’s main power source and backup generators Monday.

She says the resulting power problem caused the pavilion, which is like a giant bubble of material that houses the shuttle Enterprise, to deflate.

The shuttle Enterprise itself was draped in protective cloth.

Marenoff-Zausner says rebuilding will begin when it’s safe enough to work, but that the museum is closed for now.

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Space Shuttle Enterprise being lifted off a barge and into place at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on June 6, 2012. Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls.
Space Shuttle Enterprise being lifted off a barge and into place at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on June 6, 2012. Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls.
Image taken on Oct. 30, 2012, shows damage inflicted by Hurricane Sandy to the vertical stabilizer of Enterprise, which is displayed at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City. Photo by Jim Henderson, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Image taken on Oct. 30, 2012, shows damage inflicted by Hurricane Sandy to the vertical stabilizer of Enterprise, which is displayed at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City. Photo by Jim Henderson, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.