Almost two weeks ago, on August 9, I drove to the California Science Center near downtown Los Angeles to pay this great museum another visit! The last time I was here was back in July of 2019—to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon.
My main reason for this month's visit was to check out the construction progress on the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center...space shuttle Endeavour's permanent home once it opens in 2025. You can check out images that I took of the construction site here.
I shot photos of other cool attractions at the Science Center...such as the replica of Cassini (which is on loan from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory around 20 miles away) and a full-scale model of the Pioneer spacecraft above, the retired F/A-18 Hornet below, and my latest pictures of Endeavour, her external fuel tank ET-94 and a Space Shuttle Main Engine at the Samuel Oschin Pavilion.
The Pavilion will permanently close in late 2023 to prepare Endeavour and ET-94 for their move to the construction site of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. They will be placed in their vertical launch configuration (along with the twin solid rocket boosters that are currently in storage at California's Mojave Air and Space Port) before assembly resumes on the Air and Space Center, and the new building permanently enshrouds the shuttle stack!
I plan on going back to the California Science Center sometime next year to capture more photos of the Air and Space Center's construction progress. Carry on!
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