The stop was to give crews time to shut down power lines along the shuttle’s path and raise them to make room for the vehicle, said Los Angeles police spokesman Sergeant Rudy Lopez. On top of the aft skirts which weigh about 13,000 pounds will be two solid rocket motors, which are being donated by Northrop Grumman and are being transported from Mojave to the science center. Three days later, the orbiter will be rolled out to meet the SCA at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF), where Endeavour. (1300 GMT) - a strip mall parking lot where a few hundred spectators gawked at it. The Endeavour (OV-105) was a space shuttle operated by the United States of Americas NASA space agency in the 20th century. The carrier aircraft will arrive at Kennedy Space Center on Sept. (0900 GMT) and reached its first scheduled stop just before 6 a.m. That first mission was a big one: the crew captured a wayward communications satellite stuck in the wrong orbit, attached a rocket. It was largely built in southern California and was a workhorse of the U.S. In May of 1992, the Space Shuttle Endeavour launched to low earth orbit on its very first flight.
The shuttle flew from 1992 to 2011 and will go on public display after arriving at its destination. 20 for eventual display at the California Science Center. The shuttle Endeavour will arrive in Los Angeles on Sept. REUTERS/Jonathan AlcornĮndeavour nosed out of Los Angeles International Airport before dawn as it began a two-day journey at 2 miles per hour (3.2 km per hour) atop a massive wheeled transporter to its retirement home at the California Science Center on the edge of downtown. Endeavour will begin a three-day trip from Florida to California on Sept. Crowds of people watch as the Space Shuttle Endeavour is transported on Manchester Avenue while being moved from Los Angeles International Airport to its retirement home at the California Science Center in Exposition Park, in Los Angeles, California October 12, 2012.
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