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Part Of The Space Shuttle Enterprise May Have Been Ripped Off During Superstom Sandy

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Count Space Shuttle Enterprise as another one of Sandy's victims.

The 60-foot-high pavilion protecting the space shuttle aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum's flight deck collapsed during the superstorm Monday night. The shuttle may also have sustained some damage. 

According to collectSpace:

The orbiter's vertical stabilizer, or tail, is protruding out the top, where it looks like part of the spacecraft may have been torn away.

The museum is now closed after unprecedented flooding knocked out the main power source and backup generators, a spokeswoman told the AP

The Enterprise was moved to the Intrepid in June and opened to the public in July

Here's a photo of the exposed shuttle from Instagram user . It looks like part of the tail is missing. 

Space Shuttle Enterprise

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