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 »
NASA’s last remaining, flight-designed space shuttle external tank has finally taken to the skies, if only for two short hops over Los Angeles. Originally planned as an overnight departure but extended to a two-day period due to wind concerns and additional caution, External Tank-94 (ET-94) was hoisted up by two large cranes and lowered in… Read More »
Just days after being removed from display and with its external tank briefly scheduled to return to flight, NASA’s retired space shuttle Endeavor is proceeding in stealth. With the start of the new year, the California Science Center in Los Angeles expects to complete its unprecedented “Go for Stack” campaign, ultimately creating the world’s only… 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 »