Shuttle Endeavor tours California in flyby photo-op
The space shuttle Endeavour, mounted on the back of a 747, flew over several of California landmarks on it way to retirement at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.
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- People stand along Aviation Blvd. as the space shuttle Endeavour passes by at LAX Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour makes a low flyover, atop a modified Boeing 747, in front of spectators at the welcoming ceremony at Los Angeles International Airport. (Bryan Chan / Los Angeles Times)
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- Endeavour passes by the Proud Bird restaurant before landing at LAX on Friday, September 21, 2012. (Christina House /Los Angeles Times)
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- Spectators wait to see the Space Shuttle Endeavor fly over the Los Angeles International Airport on September 21, 2012 in Los Angeles. The Shuttle is on the last leg of its U.S. tour. (Michal Czerwonka/Getty Images)
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- The Space Shuttle Endeavour conducts a flyover on the back of a 747 before making its final touchdown at the Los Angeles International Airport, September 21, 2012. Endeavour will be moved to its permanent home at the California Science Center mid-October. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)
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- Space shuttle Endeavour, sitting on top of NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft or SCA, flies over the ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier atop it’s transport plane on September 21, 2012 in Santa Monica, California. The Space Shuttle Endeavour will be placed on public display at the California Science Center. This is the final ferry flight scheduled in the Space Shuttle Program era. (Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
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- People watch the landing ceremony outside a hangar for the arrival of Space Shuttle Endeavour on the back of a 747 at Los Angeles International Airport September 21, 2012. Endeavour will be moved to its permanent home at the California Science Center mid-October. (Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour lands at LAX Friday, September 21, 2012, in Los Angeles, California. (Bryan Chan/Los Angeles Times)
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- Hundreds of people wait at the Huntington Beach Pier for the Space Shuttle Endeavour to arrive on the back of a 747 en route to Los Angeles International Airport September 21, 2012. Endeavour will be moved to its permanent home at the California Science Center mid-October. (Alex Gallardo/Reuters)
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- The Space Shuttle Endeavour flies on the back of a 747 over downtown San Francisco en route to Los Angeles International Airport September 21, 2012. (Beck Diefenbach/Reuters)
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- The Space Shuttle Endeavour atop its modified 747 carrier aircraft soars over the California high desert west of the towns of Rosamond and Mojave, California. (NASA)
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- Shuttle fan Jacob Kreinbring, 5, sits on dad Dan’s shoulders as they watch the space shuttle Endeavour fly over Griffith Park Observatory September 21 2012 in Los Angeles. The shuttle is scheduled to land at LAX Friday afternoon. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
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- The Space Shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA’s modified Boeing 747, flies near the Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles on its final flight. (Joe Klamar/GettyImages)
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- The Space Shuttle Endeavour does a flyby of Los Angeles International Airport on the back of a 747 before making flybys at other locations in Los Angeles, California September 21, 2012. (Jason Redmond/Reuters)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour flies over city hall in Los Angeles during flyovers of southland landmarks. (Marc Martin/Los Angeles Times)
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- The Space Shuttle Endeavour passes downtown as it arrives on the back of a 747 en route to Los Angeles International Airport September 21, 2012. (David McNew/Reuters)
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- People stand along Aviation Blvd. as the space shuttle Endeavour lands at LAX Friday, September 21, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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- NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft carrying space shuttle Endeavour soars over the high desert of Southern California following takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base. (NASA)
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- Retired space shuttle Endeavour is carried on the back of a NASA jet as it approaches the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California September 21, 2012. Endeavour will be moved to its permanent home at the California Science Center mid-October. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)
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- The Space Shuttle Endeavor arrives on the back of a 747 in Los Angeles to be put on display at the California Science Center. (Mike Blake/Reuters)
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- The Space Shuttle Endeavour is escorted by two F-18 jets as it passes the Hollywood sign on the back of a NASA 747 in Los Angeles September 21, 2012. (Mike Blake/Reuters)
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- The Space Shuttle Endeavour is escorted by two F-18 jets as it passes the Hollywood sign on the back of a NASA 747 in Los Angeles September 21, 2012. (Mike Blake/Reuters)
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- Businessmen use mobile phones to record the arrival of the Space Shuttle Endeavour on top of a building in downtown Los Angeles September 21, 2012. Endeavour will be moved to its permanent home at the California Science Center in October. (Mike Blake/Reuters)
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- Traffic comes to a standstill on the southbound 405 freeway as the Space Shuttle Endeavour arrives on the back of a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft as it passes over the 405 freeway in Los Angeles on its landing approach to Los Angeles International Airport September 21, 2012. The Shuttle Endeavour will be put on display at the California Science Center in mid-October 2012. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)
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- The Space Shuttle Endeavour flies on the back of a 747 over Alcatraz Island in San Francisco en route to Los Angeles International Airport September 21, 2012. The space shuttle Endeavour, bolted to the top of a jumbo jet, took off on Friday from Edwards Air Force Base for a last airborne victory lap over California en route to its final frontier and retirement home – a science museum in Los Angeles. (Beck Diefenbach/Reuters)
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- People stand along Aviation Blvd. as the space shuttle Endeavour lands at LAX Friday, September 21, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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- Space Shuttle Endeavour mounted on NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) flies over Sacramento, California on Friday morning. (Randy Pench/Sacramento Bee/MCT)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour flies over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California on Friday. The shuttle is on its way to southern California, where it will be displayed in a museum, ending 30 years of the space shuttle program. (Jane Tyska/Oakland Tribune/MCT)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour makes a pass over Alcatraz during its tour over the Bay Area on Friday in San Francisco, California. (Anda Chu/Oakland Tribune/MCT)
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- Flying aboard a specially modified 747 transport plane, Space Shuttle Endeavour makes a loop around the bay as it flies for the final time above San Francisco, California on Friday. Endeavour will then continue on to Los Angeles where it will be displayed at the California Science Center. (Ray Chavez/Contra Costa Times/MCT)
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- Space Shuttle Endeavour, mounted on NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), flies over Sacramento, California on Friday morning. (Lezlie Sterling/Sacramento Bee/MCT)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour, on top of NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft or SCA, flies over the Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles, California. The space shuttle Endeavour did a 4-1/2 hour tour over California landmarks before heading to Los Angeles International Airport where it will be prepared to be moved to its new permanent home at the California Science Center in downtown Los Angeles. The shuttle will be on public display starting October 30. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
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- The Space Shuttle Endeavour flies on top of a modified 747 jumbo jet over Sutro Tower as it travels to Los Angeles. The Space Shuttle Endeavour did a 4-1/2 hour tour over California landmarks before heading to Los Angeles International Airport where it will be prepared to be moved to its new permanent home at the California Science Center in downtown Los Angeles. The shuttle will be on public display starting October 30. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour, on top of NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft or SCA, flies over Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. The space shuttle Endeavour did a 4-1/2 hour tour over California landmarks before heading to Los Angeles International Airport where it will be prepared to be moved to its new permanent home at the California Science Center in downtown Los Angeles. The shuttle will be on public display starting October 30. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
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- The Space Shuttle Endeavour flies on top of a modified 747 jumbo jet over the Golden Gate Bridge and Sutro Tower as it travels to Los Angeles. The Space Shuttle Endeavour did a 4-1/2 hour tour over California landmarks before heading to Los Angeles International Airport where it will be prepared to be moved to its new permanent home at the California Science Center in downtown Los Angeles. The shuttle will be on public display starting October 30. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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- A spectator takes a photo of the Space Shuttle Endeavour as it flies on top of a modified 747 jumbo jet over the Golden Gate Bridge while traveling to Los Angeles . The Space Shuttle Endeavour did a 4-1/2 hour tour over California landmarks before heading to Los Angeles International Airport where it will be prepared to be moved to its new permanent home at the California Science Center in downtown Los Angeles. The shuttle will be on public display starting October 30. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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- Astronauts sit together during a ceremony for the arrival of Space Shuttle Endeavour on the back of a 747 at Los Angeles International Airport September 21, 2012. Endeavour will be moved to its permanent home at the California Science Center mid-October. (Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters)
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- NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, with the space shuttle Endeavour mated on top takes off from the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA Kennedy Space Center on September 19, 2012 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Kim Shiflett/NASA)
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- Former U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, the retired astronaut who commanded space shuttle Endeavour’s final flight on his last mission in late May 2011, watch Endeavour and its carrier jet making a flyover over Tucson, Arizona, September 20, 2012. Giffords, still recuperating from a gunshot wound to the head suffered in an attempt on her life last year, watched the flyover from the roof of a Tucson parking garage with her husband and mother, according to former aide C.J. Karamargin, who joined them. (Handout/Reuters)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour, atop NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, flies over Houston, Texas on September 19, 2012. (NASA)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour, atop NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, flies over the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on September 19, 2012. (NASA)
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- Perched atop a modified Boeing 747, space shuttle Endeavour departed Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 4:22 a.m. EDT Wednesday, September 19, 2012, en route to Houston, the first leg of a two-day trek to California. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour is lined up with its 747 carrier at the Kennedy Space Center on Friday, September 14, 2012, in Cape Canaveral. The shuttle is being moved on Monday to its final resting place in Los Angeles, California. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
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- This is the last time that two space shuttles, Endeavour, left, and Atlantis will meet nose-to-nose Thursday, August 16, 2012 at the Kennedy Space Center. The move marked the final time that Endeavour will roll out of an Orbiter Processing Facility, temporarily moving into the Vehicle Assembly Building until September. Endeavour is targeted to depart Kennedy atop the NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft in mid-September and fly to Los Angeles International Airport and later become on public display at California Science Center. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel)
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Al Bauer
Sep 29, 2012 @ 09:30:07
Beautiful photoes. I am happy to be an American. (originally Hungarian).
Bianca
Sep 25, 2012 @ 21:16:30
Love your photos….very nice. Thank you.
I’m looking for a photo of the Endeavor /747 the night they were parked and still together. I saw a live newscast that night in LA that had a camera shot right in front of both and it was spectacular. The light was shining brightly on both and it looked oh oh oh so good.
Any idea where I can find it.
Bianca