![]() ![]() Spectators flocked to the parking lot in the Westchester neighbourhood to get a glimpse of Endeavour, which was guarded by an entourage of police, private security and construction crews. "This is unlike anything we've ever moved before," said Jim Hennessy, a spokesman for Sarens, the contract mover. It's expected to reach the museum sometime Saturday evening. Over two days, it will trundle 12 miles (19 kilometres) at a top speed of 2mph (3kph) to its final destination - the California Science Centre where it will be the centrepiece of a new exhibit. With its wings expected to intrude into driveways, residents have been told to stay indoors until the shuttle passes. Once on the other side, crews began the lengthy process of returning it to the original carrier, before resuming its journey early on Saturday.Īnother tricky part cis expected later today when Endeavour treks through a narrow residential street with apartment buildings on both sides. ![]() Police stopped traffic on the freeway below for the duration of the crossing, which took about three minutes.Ĭrews preparing for the crossing had to take down power lines, leaving about 400 residents of surrounding Inglewood without power for what was expected to be several hours. The shuttle was pulled across the Manchester Boulevard bridge by a Toyota Tundra pickup, and the car company filmed the event for a commercial after paying for a permit, turning the entire scene into a movie set complete with special lighting, sound and staging. It stopped on Friday evening as crews spent hours transferring the shuttle to a special, lighter towing dolly.Īround midnight, it travelled over a bridge across Interstate 405, an especially tricky part of the complicated journey because of the size of the spacecraft and width of the bridge. The shuttle Endeavour has maintained a heading through the city toward its retirement home at a museum.Įndeavour's final mission began when it left Los Angeles International Airport before dawn, rolling on a 160-wheeled carrier past diamond-shaped "Shuttle Xing" signs. promoting the emergence of transformative technology to solve problems that we share as global citizens of this planet, which may also address issues of long-duration life in the extremes of space.There are many weird and wonderful sights to see in Los Angeles, but yesterday passers-by were stunned to see a SPACE SHUTTLE rolling along the street.offering our problem-solving expertise and convening power of the NASA brand to host a crucial conversation with innovative problem solvers from around the world, and. ![]() sharing the sustainability story of how life off this planet mirrors Earth - we have no natural resources in space which forces us to generate, collect, store, conserve, recycle, and manage our resources wisely - just like Earth but more extreme.LAUNCH is all about three things for NASA: Personally, LAUNCH is an intellectual treat. As a bonus, we hopefully infect participants with our “Yes We Can” space virus that they, in turn, spread to their colleagues, friends and families. LAUNCH is our opportunity to problem-solve for an entire weekend with a group of innovative thinkers who care deeply about saving the world - social entrepreneurship at its best. Space Shuttle Endeavour in her twilight years. ![]()
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