NASA / Kim Shiflett
Endeavour is finally headed to Los Angeles... At 4:22 AM, Pacific Daylight Time today, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) carrying the retired orbiter Endeavour departed from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the final time. As of this entry, Endeavour and the SCA are currently parked on the tarmac at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. The craft will remain there for a day before taking to the skies once more and heading on the last leg of their journey to Southern California. The SCA will make a refueling stop at El Paso, Texas before flying through New Mexico on its way to Edwards Air Force Base in California tomorrow. It will be on Friday morning that Endeavour will soar into the sky one last time...departing from Edwards Air Force Base and giving spectators up north in Sacramento and San Francisco an aerial thrill before heading back to L.A. to wow Angelenos on the ground, prior to her touching down at Los Angeles International Airport.
Below is one of the most iconic photos of space shuttle Endeavour—taken during her final flight to the International Space Station on STS-134 last year.
Roscosmos / ESA / NASA
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