Space shuttle endeavour brown marks7/24/2023 ![]() The building, which was named after the late philanthropist whose foundation made a significant gift to exhibit Endeavour, will open to the public on Oct. 13, the five story tall, 78 foot wide (24 meters), 170,000 pound (77,111 kilogram) winged spacecraft will enter the CSC's newly-erected Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion. Rolling up in the early evening hours of Saturday, Oct. Most importantly, this marks the beginning of Endeavour's ultimate mission of inspiring current and future innovators and explorers at the California Science Center." It is not only one of the biggest objects ever transported down city streets it's an irreplaceable national treasure. "This will mark the first, last and only time a shuttle will travel through 12 miles of urban, public streets. "We look forward to everyone joining in the celebration," said Rudolph. "Los Angeles is a world class city that deserves an out of this world attraction like the Endeavour," said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in a statement. and Inglewood will feature a 'half time' show produced by famed actress Debbie Allen. Described by the mayor of Los Angeles as the " mother of all parades," the slow but steady procession through the streets of L.A. 12, it will leave on a 2-day, 12-mile road trip atop a NASA wheeled transporter. (NASA)Įndeavour will spend two weeks at the airport, housed in a hangar on loan from United Airlines. The tail cone that will cover Endeavour's aft engines for its ferry flight to L.A. 17 for the shuttle's farewell from Florida. The target date is flexible, pending weather conditions, but NASA has tentatively set Sept. We've a lot of things to do to make sure everything works, but we're ready to go."ĭeparting its launch site at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a final time, Endeavour will be ferried on top of NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), touching down mid-day on Sept. "It is pretty exciting and yet a challenging task. "We are calling it 'The Big Endeavour,'" Jeffrey Rudolph, the president of the California Science Center (CSC), told collectSPACE. Next month, it will embark on "Mission 26," which will (tentatively) span 26 days to travel from Florida to the Los Angeles museum. 8), previewing the cross-country, and cross-county, routes the retired NASA orbiter will follow before landing at the California Science Center for display.Įndeavour, the youngest of NASA's shuttles having been built after the 1986 space shuttle Challenger tragedy, flew 25 space missions between 19. Space shuttle Endeavour's final flight plan - and road trip map - were revealed on Wednesday (Aug.
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