spacetoday.net: Endeavour arrives at Los Angeles museum home

Endeavour arrives at Los Angeles museum home

Posted: Mon, Oct 15, 2012, 7:11 AM ET (1111 GMT)
Endeavour on the streets of LA (NASA)

The space shuttle Endeavour completed a 20-kilometer trek across the city of Los Angeles on Sunday, arriving at the museum that will be its permanent home. Endeavour arrived at the California Science Center, near the campus of the University of Southern California south of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday afternoon, two and a half days after leaving a hangar at Los Angeles International Airport, where it arrived on its 747 carrier aircraft last month. The journey across city streets took nearly a day longer than originally planned as crews maneuvered the orbiter around light poles and trees. Endeavour will go on temporary display in a hangar at the museum while a permanent building to host the orbiter is built.