What do you do when your star attraction — a retired space shuttle — remains hidden and out of public view for the next few years? If you’re the California Science Center, you land another spacecraft. The Los Angeles museum and educational center announced the addition of a SpaceX Dragon capsule to its collection on… Read More »
Space shuttle Endeavour’s giant external orange fuel tank, ET-94, stands next to two 149-foot solid rocket boosters at the California Science Center on Wednesday. The tank was lifted by crane on Friday and placed between rocket boosters. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) The external fuel tank built to launch explorers and equipment… Read More »
A man takes a photo of the final shuttle fuel tank, ET-94, before it begins its journey toward the California Science Center in Exposition Park through the streets of Los Angeles in 2016. (Los Angeles Times) Finally, the last space shuttle Endeavor ever built and its massive orange external tank are expected to begin their… Read More »