Tag: T&R
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ET-94 arrives into Los Angeles for road trip to California Science Center
External Tank 94 is in the final stretch of its voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to its new home at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Towed on a barge by a tugboat up the California coast, the tank arrived in Los Angeles county at Marina del Rey on Wednesday and will be moved…
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ET-94 arrives into Los Angeles for road trip to California Science Center
External Tank 94 is in the final stretch of its voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to its new home at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Towed on a barge by a tugboat up the California coast, the tank arrived in Los Angeles county at Marina del Rey on Wednesday and will be moved…
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Space Shuttle Atlantis – The Final Goodbye
The culmination of a 40 plus year enterprise comes today – an endeavor that sought to push the boundaries of human ingenuity and cooperation, to expand human aptitude and perseverance, to solidify humankind’s likenesses and dreams. Through concept, design, manufacturing, flight, and now retirement, the Space Shuttle Program shaped the hearts, minds, and desires of…
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Atlantis’ team comforted by the orbiter retiring at her home port of KSC
A few days after the high-visibility move of Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour to her retirement home, a quieter move marked the end of an era October 17th at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) when NASA and United Space Alliance (USA) workers rolled Orbiter Atlantis out of Bay 2 of the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) for the…
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Remembering Endeavour: A final journey to the California Science Center
The unprecedented effort to haul a space vehicle through the cramped streets of the United States’ third-largest city has been all-but completed as engineers from Los Angeles, NASA, and the California Science Center undertook the monumental task of navigating Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour to her final resting place at the California Science Center. Moving Endeavour…
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Endeavour prepares for road journey to her CSC retirement home
Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour was turned over to the California Science Center by NASA and United Space Alliance (USA) at a hangar at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) at the end of September, signaling that she is ready to roll to her retirement home in the middle of the month. Endeavour Closing In On Final…
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Capture the Flag: Endeavour leaves her mark during Texas stay
During last week’s farewell tour, thousands of people turned out to take one final glimpse of Shuttle Endeavour in the air, before she was permanently grounded in California. Each time the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) landed, the US flag was held aloft from the flight deck – apart from during their stay in Texas, leading…
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Endeavour ends her flying days after stunning farewell tour
Space Shuttle Endeavour arrived in Los Angeles on Friday, following a stunning cross country tour that honored her service and left untold thousands in awe of the orbiter’s magnificence. The baby of the fleet completed her final leg, taking in some of California’s most famous landmarks, prior to touching down for the final time at…
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Endeavour leaves KSC for the final time, years before her time
The youngest orbiter in the Space Shuttle fleet has departed from her home port of the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for the final time, for an early retirement in California. The world famous spaceport now only has one orbiter in its care, Atlantis, with no real prospect of human launches returning until the next decade.…
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Endeavour makes her farewell rollover to the SLF in darkness
Final preparations at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) are in full swing as the NASA and United Space Alliance (USA) team gets ready to send Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour from Florida to her retirement home at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, California. Endeavour made her final rollover in the early hours of Friday, greeting…