It flew a spacelab mission and numerous International Space Station assembly missions and also rendezvoused with Russia's Mir Space Station. Over the next 20 years, Endeavour flew some of the most high-profile shuttle missions, covering 25 flights and nearly 123 million miles. The Atlantis took off from earth towards the International Space Station (north) on Friday, June 8. It was the baby of the shuttle fleet, built as a replacement for Challenger. Dawn in the Sacramento River on Sunday, May 13th: 1. Named for the first ship commanded by British explorer James Cook, Endeavour rolled off the assembly plant in Palmdale, California, in 1991, at a cost of $1.7 billion. On Friday, Endeavour will embark on a tour of Northern California, dipping over NASA's Ames Research Center, Sacramento and San Francisco before heading back to Los Angeles, where it will become an exhibit at the California Science Center. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento district headquarters in Sacramento, Calif. On Thursday, Endeavour is scheduled to fly over the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico on its way to Edwards Air Force Base outside Los Angeles. 21, 2012 and flies over the Capitol building near the U.S. It strikes a chord of nostalgia in you because she's done so many flights from the space center. "It's the last time that she'll ever be at her home base again.
with a low flyby northbound to Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Wednesday's leg took Endeavour to Houston, with flyovers along Florida's Space Coast, Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, and the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.Īs Endeavour bid farewell to Kennedy Space Center, it elicited strong emotions from people, such as CNN iReporter Randy Lathrop of Cocoa, Florida, who have lived with the shuttle program nearby for decades. NASAs Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) with space shuttle Endeavour mounted on. "Social media users are encouraged to share their Endeavour sightings using the hashtags #spottheshuttle and #OV105, Endeavour's orbiter vehicle designation," NASA said in a news release. The flying duo will dip to about 1,500 feet at many points, to afford a better view to spectators on the ground. NASA Television will air live coverage of today’s landing at Edwards Air Force Base and tomorrow’s sunrise departure.NASA expects Endeavour to draw crowds of onlookers as the Boeing 747 plots a course over space centers in at least five states and makes stops along the way. (NASA) More than 200 patients received a second chance at life with tiny heart pumps developed from space shuttle fuel pump technology. Some planned flyovers or stopovers could be delayed or canceled. 21 as it toured California on the back of NASAs modified 747 carrier aircraft, landing at Los Angeles. The exact timing and path of the ferry flight will depend on weather conditions and operational constraints. Space shuttle Endeavour ended its flight career Sept. Finally, the SCA and Endeavour will land about noon PDT at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), for an arrival ceremony before Endeavour is taken off the 747 and transported to its permanent home at the California Science Center next month. Next the duo will travel south, making a pass over NASA's Ames Research Center, Vandenberg Air Force Base and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory before heading into the Los Angeles area. Following an overnight stay, the SCA and Endeavour will salute the Edwards Air Force Base area early Friday with a low flyby northbound to Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area. Arrival at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base is scheduled for approximately noon PDT. The flyover of Tucson will take place approximately an hour and 15 minutes after departure from Biggs.
The SCA and Endeavour will make low-level flybys of the White Sands Missile Range and NASA's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico, as well as Tucson, Arizona en route to California. Takeoff from Biggs is planned for about 11 a.m. In cooperation with the Federal Aviation Administration, the SCA is scheduled to conduct low-level flyovers at about 1,500 feet above locations along the planned flight path to California.
MDT, following its departure from Houston at 7:03 a.m. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) with space shuttle Endeavour mounted on top landed at Biggs Army Air Field in El Paso, Texas, at 8:12 a.m.
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