Just thought I'd share these photos I took 10 years ago when Endeavour—NASA's youngest retired space shuttle orbiter—began her 3-day move from Los Angeles International Airport to the California Science Center near downtown L.A.!
I didn't go to the science center when Endeavour finally arrived at the museum on Sunday, October 14, 2012...but I was lucky enough to head to the cities of Westchester and Inglewood on October 12 to see the orbiter sitting at a parking lot; while engineers prepared to resume her move down the 12-mile route taking Endeavour to her final retirement home in Exposition Park.
And it was awesome to see Endeavour sitting outside the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza and a nearby Krispy Kreme Doughnuts shop on the night of October 13 a decade ago. A $1.8 billion (in 1987 U.S. dollars) reusable spacecraft parked outside a shopping mall... You'll never witness that again!
Click here to see more photos from Endeavour's parade.
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