Today, the shuttle will continue its journey through Southern California streets and is expected to reach the California Science Center by the evening. We've towed it up to 307,000 pounds, what we're towing here today is supposed to be 292,000," stuntman and driver of the truck Matthew McBride told KABC Friday. "We tested over and over to make sure it would do it. Rendering courtesy California Science Center. ![]() On Friday, October 12, an unmodified 2012 Tundra towed the enormous space shuttle over a bridge across I-405 in Los Angeles, taking around five minutes to complete the trip. The Space Shuttle Endeavor's new home will be a 20-story-tall stainless-steel-clad structure that is part of the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. "This is unlike anything we've ever moved before," Jim Hennessy, a spokesman for the contract mover company Sarens, told the Associated Press.ĭuring its trek Friday, the shuttle while towed by a pickup truck was moved successfully over the Manchester Bridge of the 405 Freeway. Space shuttle Endeavour has finally reached its permanent resting place in the California Science Center thanks in part to Toyota ‘s full-size Tundra pickup. Pickup Location & Time: Bus departs from Palm. Power lines were raised to make room for its tail. Space Shuttle Endeavor California Science Center Cost: 50.00 per person, includes IMAX & Endeavour exhibit. With a 78-foot wing span, hundreds of trees had to be cut so it could clear the roads. Initially developed as a floating laboratory, the MISC Endeavor can be outfitted for everything from spatial telescopy to use as mobile hospital. However getting home has been no easy feat.Įndeavour has already piggy-backed three flights from Kennedy Space Center to Los Angeles last month.įriday morning before dawn, the 170,000 pound shuttle left LAX and passed through winding roads and residential streets. Musashi Industrial & Starflight Concern is proud to present the Endeavor-class research vessel, a fully modular space platform designed to be adapted for a variety of scientific and medical tasks. PHOTOS: Space Shuttle Endeavour Heads Toward Final Home ![]() "It feels like I'm being part of history," Cameron Baker of Westchester told ABC News Los Angeles station KABC. Built to replace space shuttle Challenger, Endeavour was the final orbiter to join the shuttle fleet. The shuttle traveled the streets of Los Angeles. ![]() The Space Shuttle Endeavour has traveled more than 123 million miles at speeds of more than 17,000 miles per hour.īut now the shuttle is cruising through Los Angeles at just two miles per hour in the two day, 12-mile trip to its new home at the California Science Center. The Space Shuttle Endeavour has a new home in the City of Los Angeles, but getting there was no small feat. In the state known for high speed chases, California now has a slow speed attraction that is gaining thousands of fans.
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