![]() ![]() A NASA team will then work with science center curators to ready the orbiter for its move to the museum. Now on the ground, Endeavour was set to be hoisted by two large cranes off the back of the SCA and lowered onto a wheeled overland transporter overnight Friday. reader Tom Bleicher sent in this photo of shuttle Endeavour flying over Los Angeles with the iconic Hollywood sign in the background, September 21, 2012. Other flybys included the facilities for two of NASA's contractors, Boeing in Seal Beach and SpaceX in Hawthorne.Įndeavour also flew over its soon to be permanent home, the California Science Center at Exposition Park. The SCA took Endeavour over Disneyland, the Getty Museum, Griffith Observatory and by the Hollywood sign, the Santa Monica Pier and Universal Studios. The SCA and shuttle then flew a low pass by NASA's Ames Research Center and, further south, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.Ĭircling over Los Angeles, hundreds of thousands, if not millions of residents had the chance to spot the shuttle flying over numerous landmarks and area attractions. The flight was delayed getting started by an hour to allow the fog to rise by the time the air- and- spacecraft reached San Francisco Bay for a scenic overflight of the Golden Gate bridge. EDT 1515 GMT), the carrier aircraft flew Endeavour over its birthplace, the city of Palmdale where it was assembled, as well as the surrounding towns of Lancaster, Rosamond and Mojave, before heading north to Sacramento for a flyover salute of the state capital. The overnight stay at Dryden preceded Endeavour's departure on a state-wide tour Friday morning before touching down at LAX. Įndeavour's transcontinental trip from the East to West Coast included two stopovers in Texas before landing in California on Thursday at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base. State and local officials heralded the arrival as a homecoming - Endeavour and its sister ships were built and assembled in Southern California. The CSC held a welcome ceremony for the arriving shuttle and SCA at the United Airlines' hangar where Endeavour will be hoisted off the aircraft and readied for its city street transport. After a two-day planned road trip from the airport to the science center next month, the CSC will open its Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion on Oct. for the California Science Center (CSC), which was awarded the shuttle by NASA last year. (Image credit: Holly Holbrook)Įndeavour, which flew into space 25 times between 19, was delivered from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to L.A. The shuttle will be placed on display at the California Science Center in L.A. Endeavour landed in Los Angeles to end a 4.5-hour aerial tour of California. 21, 2012 in this view by shuttle spotter Holly Holbrook. NASA's space shuttle Endeavour soars over Long Beach, Calif., on the way to a Los Angeles landing on Sept. ![]()
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