Phillips said the shuttle will be lifted 350 feet using a sling attached to a crane. The shuttle was towed through the streets after workers cleared protruding utility poles or street lights and trees were clipped to accommodate its 78-foot wingspan.Īs harrowing as that trip was, the move next door won’t be any easier for Endeavour. Endeavour was flown to Los Angeles International Airport riding piggyback on a NASA Boeing 747, then embarked on an arduous 12-mile journey across the city. Perhaps the most grueling of its adventures came after it was retired. Since going on display in 2012, it has attracted visitors from around the world, skyrocketing attendance at the California Science Center from 1.2 million to 2.4 million.Įndeavour started its first orbital mission – the first of 25 – in 1992. The Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, received the Thiokol space shuttle solid rocket booster from the California Science center in 2016.Įndeavour – the fifth and final space shuttle to be built – has been in Los Angeles for a decade, positioned as if it were flying in space or soaring through the atmosphere on its way to touchdown. Senate, was the commander for Endeavour’s last mission. Mark Kelly, the Arizona Democrat who just won another term in the U.S. The exhibit will put the shuttle’s key components all in one place. At present, the shuttle is next door at the California Science Center. An artist’s rendering of how the space shuttle Endeavour will be displayed in the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles.
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