#SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOR PHOTOS MOVIE#

Much of Endeavour's day Friday was spent parked, first at a shopping center and then next to the landmark Randy's Donuts as crews worked to de-energize and raise power lines blocking the vehicle's path.

#SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOR PHOTOS MOVIE#

EDT 1400 GMT) to the recorded fanfare of 'Also sprach Zarathustra,' the theme to the 1968 movie '2001: A Space Odyssey' Endeavour, atop its modified NASA overland transporter, had already navigated the more than 3 miles (4.8 km) from Los Angeles International Airport, where it arrived atop a NASA jumbo jet last month. I delight in the fact that my value was only increased since you drove me off the lot!'Īrriving at The Forum in Inglewood at 7:30 a.m. 'I embrace you all as you nurture me on this trip. 'For this moment, I would like to presume to be the voice of Endeavour,' Lockhart said. Southern California gave the Endeavour to the world and this morning, here in the great city of Inglewood, we have the opportunity to say 'Welcome home.'' There were parts made in Inglewood and Long Beach. 'The Endeavour was between Palmdale and Downey. AFP PHOTO/Lucy Nicholson/POOLLUCY NICHOLSON/AFP/GettyImages Lucy Nicholson / AFP NASA Space Shuttle Program ended in 2011 after 30 years and 135 missions. The 170,000-pound (77,272 kg) shuttle will travel at no more than 2 mph (3.2 km per hour) along a 12-mile (19km) route from LAX to it's final home at the California Science Center. People cheer and take pictures as the Space Shuttle Endeavour is moved to the California Science Center in Los Angeles October 13, 2012. Wright cited Inglewood's legacy as the birthplace of the aerospace industry as the inspiration behind Endeavour's arrival. 'The reason that we are having this ceremony and the reason that we are going to locate at the California Science Center, is because we want you to know, every young person here in the audience, that the universe is your limit. 'You know when I was in 'Lost in Space' I certainly never could have dreamed that we were going to have an event like this, right here in our Inglewood,' Lockhart said.Ĭalifornia State Senator Roderick Wright, in echoing some of the sentiments shared during the event by his fellow speakers, elected officials including Inglewood Mayor James Butts and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), emphasized the reasons Endeavour came to California for display. Johnson, as well as at least one Hollywood space traveler, June Lockhart of TV's 'Lost in Space,' turned out for the shuttle ceremony. 'We are thrilled that all of you and everyone in Inglewood is joining us in welcoming home to the Los Angeles area.' Īstronauts, including Apollo 7 pilot Walt Cunningham and Endeavour's last pilot Greg H. 'What a great view, huh?' CSC president Jeffrey Rudolph said, glancing at Endeavour behind him.

Endeavour, like its sister space shuttles in NASA's former fleet, was built in Southern California. Lakers, where a half-hour program celebrated its homecoming. It received a formal sendoff on its final 'orbits' of 'Mission 26: The Big Endeavour' - as the science center has dubbed the 12 mile (19 kilometer) journey - on Saturday morning.īefore a crowd of tens of thousands of public spectators, Endeavour rolled up Manchester Boulevard to The Forum, the former indoor arena of the L.A. The youngest of NASA's now-retired winged orbiters is set to complete its two-day road trip to the California Science Center (CSC) on Saturday evening (Oct. Landing day has come for the space shuttle Endeavour, but instead of returning to a NASA landing strip after circling the Earth, the shuttle's runway is the streets of Los Angeles leading to its final museum display.

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