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IT’S the final frontier for space shuttle ­Enterprise as it passes the gateway to New York Harbour on its final journey to a city museum.

It was towed by barge and went past some of the city’s most famous landmarks including the Statue of Liberty, Coney Island and underneath the Verrazano bridge.

The Enterprise was en route to the Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum where it will go on display to the public.

The shores of Staten Island were packed as people queued to witness Enterprise passing the Brooklyn Bridge in Lower Manhattan.

One onlooker said: “I was hoping it would come a little bit closer to the shore but it was still a lot of fun.

“Hopefully, I will get a glimpse closer in the coming days or in the actual museum when it winds up there.”

The Enterprise flew from Washington to New York on the top of an aeroplane on April 23.

It remained at Kennedy airport until last Sunday when it was placed on the barge to begin its long and winding trek to the museum.

The Enterprise was built for NASA’s space shuttle programme in the seventies.

It never flew in space but was used instead for aerodynamic tests.