![]() ![]() The assembly of an upright display of the space shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center was another step closer to completion after crews lifted a massive external fuel tank into vertical position.Ĭrews responsible for the lifting operation kept a close eye on the weather. ![]() When completed, the Science Center will be home to the only vertical launch-ready display of a former NASA space shuttle in the world. Endeavour will be the final piece of the display, and its move will complete the California Science Center's "Go For Stack" process of creating the launch-ready exhibition. The shuttle, which achieved its assisted "liftoff" early Tuesday, will be lifted up and over the wall of the new center, then lowered into launch position with two solid rocket boosters and a 65,000-pound external fuel tank known as ET-94, which are already in place. The technically delicate aerial move was being carried out with meticulous care and was expected to take several hours and last well into the early morning hours Tuesday. The 122-foot-long shuttle was later outfitted with a "sling" attached to a 450-foot-tall crane, which began final preparations to lift the orbiter into the air around 10 p.m. LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The space shuttle Endeavour lifted off one last time, as California Science Center crews hoisted the retired orbiter into the air over Exposition Park so it could be lowered into place in a one-of-a-kind launch-ready vertical display.Įndeavour, which made its last space flight 13 years ago and has been on display horizontally at the Science Center for more than a decade, was slowly moved Friday from its previous pavilion to a new position next to the under-construction Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. ![]()
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