![]() The center has posted a map of that route, to allow spectators to watch the shuttle drive by in about three weeks. Instead, it'll spend a few weeks in a United Airlines hangar, being prepared for its final journey - by land - to the science center. Unreal."Īs you might imagine, the shuttle didn't exactly taxi to a gate at Los Angeles International Airport. On its Twitter feed, the California Science Center, which will put Endeavor on permanent display, announced "Somebody pinch us. The space shuttle Endeavours twin giant rockets will be hoisted by crane next week and affixed into place atop. On Twitter, actor John Gallagher, Jr., put it this way: "Eating cereal in your robe & gazing out the window is exciting enough but when u see a space shuttle on a plane fly by H'wood sign? Woweee!"Īs Mark reported earlier, the shuttle also passed by other California landmarks, such as the Golden Gate Bridge. Pearlman ( ) published 6 December 2023 The California Science Centers Go for Stack campaign took another step forward. Endeavour assembly at Science Center starts with lifting 52-ton rockets into place. Riding piggy-back atop a Boeing 747, the shuttle performed a fly-by at several iconic spots, from Malibu and Santa Monica to the Getty Center, the Griffith Observatory, and Vandenberg Air Force Base. "I got chills," El Segundo councilman Dave Atkinson told the paper. Mission: Delivered logistics module and robotics system to the International Space Station Launch: March 11, 2008, 2:28 a.m. "Amazing, amazing, amazing," Derek Johns, 41, told The Los Angeles Times. The Space Shuttle Endeavour has landed safely in Los Angeles, after giving admirers around the city a chance to take historic photos of its last flight.
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