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    What Would a Space Shuttle Museum Look Like?

    When the final space shuttle lifts off this summer, the fleet won't disappear forever. Instead, they'll be retired to select museums around the country, which have released these concepts showing their plans. For tons of other concepts, see the full gallery at CollectSPACE.com.

  • Intrepid Shuttle exhibit
    Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum -- New York City The museum on an aircraft carrier would display the orbiter inside an enclosed hangar on Hudson River Park's Pier 86, near where the carrier is more or less permanently berthed.
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  • Kennedy Concept Shuttle
    Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex -- Florida KSCVC plans a $100 million exhibit that would display the orbiter "in flight, showing how the spacecraft worked in space and providing a unique vantage point for guests."
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    National Museum of the U.S. Air Force -- Riverside, OH A "Space Gallery" display at the Air Force museum would also include Mercury, Gemini and Apollo spacecraft.
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    Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center -- Chantilly, Virginia  Space shuttle Enterprise, on display at this Smithsonian museum since 2003, would be replaced by Discovery, according to National Air and Space Museum curators.
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  • Adler_Planetarium_shuttle
    Adler Planetarium -- Chicago, Illinois A state-of-the-art glass pavilion and learning center would suspend a shuttle against the backdrop of Lake Michigan to one side and the Chicago skyline to the other. For tons of other concepts, see the full gallery at CollectSPACE.com.
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    5 Images

    What Would a Space Shuttle Museum Look Like?

    When the final space shuttle lifts off this summer, the fleet won't disappear forever. Instead, they'll be retired to select museums around the country, which have released these concepts showing their plans. For tons of other concepts, see the full gallery at CollectSPACE.com.

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