The center plans to debut Endeavour to the public on Oct. 14), may provide the best opportunity for the public to see the Endeavour during its road trip. The arrival at the CSC, which is expected around 9 p.m. The intersection will be able to accommodate only about 1,500 spectators, according to the LAPD.Įndeavour will then roll along King to Bill Robertson Lane and then turn left into Exposition Park on the final stretch to the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Display Pavilion. Boulevard for the Debbie Allen production at around 2 p.m. Leaving The Forum celebration, Endeavour will head back into Los Angeles and pause again at Crenshaw Boulevard and Martin Luther King, Jr. The Inglewood Police Department said it is expecting between 10,000 and 14,000 people to attend the event at the arena. The city hall grounds should still offer plenty of opportunities for the public to see the shuttle on the move, but it will continue on its way to The Forum for a ceremony that will 'launch' Endeavour's final journey. EDT 1500 GMT), Endeavour should be passing by Inglewood City Hall, where it was initially expected to stop. Instead, the pickup will be used to move Endeavour over the freeway due to its computer-driven transporters not being cleared for use on the overpass.īy Saturday morning at around 8 a.m. Originally, the plan was for Toyota to lend one of its stock Tundra trucks to tow the shuttle on its last quarter-mile (400 meters) to the science center. Out of safety concerns involving the power line work, Los Angeles and Inglewood police departments have said that public viewing will be limited on Friday until Endeavour's overnight crossing of the 405 is completed. That afternoon, Endeavour will continue down Manchester Boulevard, crossing into Inglewood and stopping for another six hours as its path is cleared.
Įndeavour will take Westchester Boulevard to Sepulveda, where it will make its first extended stop for about nine hours in a parking lot as the first set of transformer lines are de-energized and raised. The first day of the move will be punctuated by short drives and long stops as crews work to raise power lines between the airport and the overpass that the shuttle will cross over the freeway. Still, tens of thousands of residents and visitors are expected turn out to witness Endeavour's slow trek to its new home.Įndeavour is scheduled to depart LAX airport property at around 2 a.m. For a brief stretch though, the shuttle will be towed by a stock Toyota Tundra pickup truck.ĭespite being initially promoted by Los Angeles' mayor as the " mother of all parades," the logistics of transporting a spacecraft with a 78-foot (24 meter) wingspan and a 58-foot-tall (18 meter) tail required the police to shut down streets and sidewalks, limiting public viewing to only a few designated areas along the route. Mission 26 will take Endeavour through Inglewood and Los Angeles, including passing over the freeway, and pausing for celebrations outside the former indoor arena of the Los Angeles Lakers and at a street intersection where "Fame" actress Debbie Allen has choreographed a tribute.Įndeavour will make the journey atop a modified NASA overland transporter, driven most of the time by four self-powered, computer-controlled vehicles. 12) and end after nightfall the next day has been dubbed "Mission 26: The Big Endeavour." While it was in service to NASA, Endeavour flew 25 missions to space between 19. The move, which will begin hours before dawn on Friday morning (Oct. The two-day, 12-mile (19 kilometer) journey follows Endeavour's delivery to L.A.atop a jumbo jet last month. Space shuttle Endeavour, the youngest of NASA's retired orbiters, will depart later this week on a road trip from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to its new exhibition at the California Science Center (CSC). As it turns out, transporting a space shuttle through city streets is a "Big Endeavour."
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