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Endeavour moving through Los Angeles. On October 11 at 11:30pm, Endeavour left the hangar on four self-propelled robotic transporters and the orbiter was slowly left the airport and was carefully transported through the streets of Los Angeles. [42] [43] [44] The Space Shuttle's 12-mile (19 km) journey was meticulously measured and each move was ...
The final move comes more than a decade after Endeavour rolled through the streets of Los Angeles. The shuttle received rock star treatment upon its arrival, with people lining the streets to ...
The lengthy process of putting the retired space shuttle Endeavour on display in the vertical launch position will begin this month in Los Angeles. The California Science Center announced Thursday ...
The shuttle was flown to Los Angeles International Airport in 2012 atop a NASA Boeing 747 and then created a spectacle as it was inched through tight city streets to Exposition Park.
On April 12, 2011, the California Science Center received Space Shuttle Endeavour from NASA. [23] [24] [25] It arrived at the Science Center on October 14, 2016, after it made its epic journey through the streets of Los Angeles. [26] Before its arrival, a building was constructed to temporary house the Space Shuttle.
The original plan for the shuttle landing scene had been for Endeavour to attempt a landing at Los Angeles International Airport with the shuttle coming to a halt on the nearby beaches. However, due to the events of September 11, 2001, the crew was not allowed to film at LAX.
Two massive “Solid Rocket Motors” from Space Shuttle Endeavor will pass through the Victor Valley and the Cajon Pass on their way to Los Angeles.
In 2012, the first "Space Shuttle" – a wood and plastic full-scale mockup built by North American Rockwell in 1972 – was placed on temporary display at the center. [8] Dubbed the "Space Shuttle Inspiration", it was disassembled and stored in early 2014. [9] In front of the center, a dummy "boilerplate" Apollo command capsule, BP-12, is on ...