Space shuttle Endeavour's final journey is set to begin at sunrise on Monday, Sept. 17. Riding atopthe modified 747 S...
Space shuttle Endeavour's final journey is set to begin at sunrise on Monday, Sept. 17. Riding atopthe modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, the winged spacecraft will take off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a multi-day, cross-country journey to Los Angeles International Airport. Although the exact timing and path of the ferry flight will depend on weather conditions and operational constraints, the piggybacked duo are scheduled to conduct low-level flyovers of several locations along the planned flight path. These include the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Patrick Air Force Base, in and around the Florida spaceport; NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans; Houston, Clear Lake and Galveston, near NASA's Johnson Space Center; White Sands Test Facility near Las Cruces, N.M.; NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Ames Research Center atMoffett Field, and various landmarks in multiple California cities.
After its arrival at LAX, Endeavour will be removed from the SCA and spend a few weeks at a United Airlines hangar undergoing preparations for transport and display. Endeavour then will travel through Inglewood and Los Angeles city streets on a 12-mile journeyfrom the airport to the science center, arriving in the evening on Oct. 13.
Beginning Oct. 30, the shuttle will be on display in the science center's Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion, embarking on its new mission to commemorate past achievements in space and educate and inspire future generations of explorers.
