Space shuttle endeavour on los angeles7/30/2023 ![]() My photo's below give you a little idea of its magnitude. I will tell you that we stood under and around the shuttle for nearly 1hr, it was STAGGERING how close you could get to a machine that spent so much time in space.#mindblown It made you feel goose bumps and quite taken aback at the engineering feat and incredible technology of it's time that saw that machine rocket above our earth. The Endeavour is one of only four space shuttles on display in the U.S. The Endeavour completed 25 missions into space, including the first service mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, cementing its place in American history. ![]() We roamed the exhibit, stopping reading, and enjoying the learning and excitement the Endeavour exhibit gave you. Los Angeles welcomes the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which touched down at Los Angeles International Airport on September 21. This half day visit was a treat for the 'space nut' I was travelling with and I left as a space nut, myself! It was a very interesting, engaging and well laid-out exhibit including being able to touch the tires of the Endeavour Space Shuttle which has gone to space 22 times, see the original space centre command room, watch movies including various take-offs, and the relocation of the Shuttle to it's home there, today and much more. ![]() We visited in January 2019 and I've only just stopped talking about it to write the review. Visited on the 50th anniversary of the landing of the Eagle on the surface of the moon which was a special treat with the special programs and exhibits at the California Science Center in Exposition Park. Must see, and the timed tickets are still only $3 each. Exciting to walk underneath and see the individual protective tiles that shielded the shuttle from the heat of reentry. Cannot wait until the Samuel Oschin Air & Space Center will build out the new facilities which will feature Endeavour in its launch position mounted with the external fuel tank (which is currently on view outside the pavilion) and two booster rockets. Around it are exhibits about the missions of the Space Shuttle program and stories about the astronauts that flew the missions. Although Endeavour is currently housed in a temporary building, it is exciting to see and walk around and below the shuttle. Also very interesting videos on the journey of Endeavour from Florida to its new home in Los Angeles and the journey through the streets of Inglewood and LA to Exposition Park and the California Science Center. There's even an exhibit on the special space toilet on board and how it works. Before you enter the special pavilion, you can see exhibits about the space shuttle program which describe how the shuttle program worked. Endeavour flew 25 missions as the newest space shuttle as a replacement for Challenger which was tragically lost in 1986. This is real space history and science in action. Endeavours Final Flight Ends The space shuttle Endeavour, atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, lands at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday, Sept.
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