Space Shuttle Endeavour rolls slowly towards its new home
The Space Shuttle Endeavour began its final journey at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to its permanent home, in the early morning hours October 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. Over the next two days, the 170,000-pound (77,272 kg) shuttle will travel at no more than 2 mph (3.2 km per hour) along a 12-mile (19km) route from LAX to it’s final home at the California Science Center. NASA’s Space Shuttle Program ended in 2011 after 30 years and 135 missions.
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- The space shuttle Endeavour is moved out of the United hangar at Los Angeles International Airport just before midnight in Los Angeles, California. The space shuttle will make a two-day trek across Los Angeles and Inglewood to the California Science Center, where it will be on permanent display. (Bryan Chan/Getty Images)
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- A welcome home sign is displayed on the turn as the space shuttle Endeavour leaves Los Angeles International Airport in the early hours of in Los Angeles, California. (Lawrence K. Ho/Getty Images)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour leaves Los Angeles International Airport onto the streets of the Westchester neighborhood in the early hours of in Los Angeles, California. The space shuttle will make a two-day trek across Los Angeles and Inglewood to the California Science Center, where it will be on permanent display. (Lawrence K. Ho/Getty Images)
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- Space shuttle fan Vivian Robinson rides her bicycle covered in shuttle memorabilia, American flags and a alien doll,outside Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as she waits to see Space Shuttle Endeavour, in the early morning hours in Los Angeles, California. The Space Shuttle began its journey from LAX to its permenant home in Los Angeles, in the early morning hours Oct 12, 2012. Over the next two days, the 170,000-pound (77,272 kg) shuttle will travel at no more than 2 mph (3.2 km per hour) along a 12-mile (19km) route from LAX to it’s final home at the California Science Center. NASA Space Shuttle Program ended in 2011 after 30 years and 135 missions.(Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Space Shuttle Endeavour begins its final journey at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to its permanent home, in the early morning hours October 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Space Shuttle Endeavour begins its final journey at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to its permanent home, in the early morning hours in Los Angeles, California. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Spectators watch Space Shuttle Endeavour (not pictured) begin its final journey at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to its permanent home, in the early morning hours October 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A worker lays traffic cones on Lincoln Boulevard outside Los Angeles International Airport, as roads are closed to move space shuttle Endeavour to the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Endeavour will nose out of the airport at about 2 a.m. on Friday as it begins a two-day ground journey atop a massive wheeled transporter to its final resting place at the science center on the edge of downtown. (Jason Redmond/Reuters photo)
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- Spectators watch as space shuttle Endeavour leaves Los Angeles International Airport and is transported on city streets to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, Californi. (Jason Redmond/Reuters photo)
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- A police officer stands near space shuttle Endeavour as it leaves Los Angeles International Airport and is transported on city streets to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, California. (Jason Redmond/Reuters photo)
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- A couple watches as space shuttle Endeavour leaves Los Angeles International Airport and is transported on city streets to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, California October 12, 2012. Endeavour on Friday began a two-day ground journey atop a massive wheeled transporter to its final resting place at the science center on the edge of downtown. (Jason Redmond/Reuters photo)
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- Vivianne Robinson of Santa Monica, California wears a hat with patches from various space shuttle missions as she watches space shuttle Endeavour make its way on city streets to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, California. (Jason Redmond/Reuters photo)
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- Workers prepare Lincoln Boulevard outside Los Angeles International Airport as roads are closed to move space shuttle Endeavour to the California Science Center in Los Angeles. (ason Redmond/Reuters photo)
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- The driver of the Over Land Transporter is seen as he maneuvers the space shuttle Endeavour on the streets of Los Angeles as it heads to its new home at the California Science Center in this NASA handout photo. (NASA Handout/Via Getty Images)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour is seen atop the Over Land Transporter (OLT) after exiting the Los Angeles International Airport on its way to its new home at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. (NASA photo/via Reuters)
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- One of hundreds of street signs temporarily removed for the 12-mile road trip of space shuttle Endeavour is used as prop as a family gets their picture taken with the orbiter parked in a mall parking lot in Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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- People get a close view of the space shuttle Endeavour in a misty rain during a break in its movement as it is transported from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to the California Science Center in Exposition Park where it will be on permanent public display. (David McNew/Getty Images)
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- Workers prepare to bring down a street light temporarily to make room for the space shuttle Endeavour’s 12-mile two-day road trip through the streets of Los Angeles County. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour is transported to the California Science Center in Exposition Park from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour is transported to the California Science Center in Exposition Park from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour is transported to the California Science Center in Exposition Park from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour is transported to the California Science Center in Exposition Park from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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- Spectators watch as the space shuttle Endeavour is transported to the California Science Center in Exposition Park from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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- An aircraft flies overhead as people gather for a closer view of US space shuttle Endeavour during its nine-hour holding point at a parking lot while on its final journey through city streets to a permanent home at the California Science Center. (Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images)
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- People crowd in front of the space shuttle Endeavour parked at a parking lot before it makes its way to a permanent home at the California Science Center. (Genaro Molina/GettyImages)
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- The Space Shuttle Endeavour is slowly moved along city streets, in Los Angeles. The shuttle is on its last mission, a 12-mile creep through city streets. It will move past an eclectic mix of strip malls, mom-and-pop shops, tidy lawns and faded apartment buildings. Its final destination: California Science Center in South Los Angeles where it will be put on display. (Mark J. Terrill/GettyImages)
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- The Space Shuttle Endeavour stops in front of the iconic Randy’s Donuts shop as it travels through the streets of Los Angeles on its final journey to its permanent museum home. (Robyn Beck/GettyImages)
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- Space shuttle Endeavour leaves Los Angeles International Airport onto the streets in Westchester, California. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour arrives at a parking lot along La Tijera Blvd. in Westchester, California. (Bryan Chan/Los Angeles Times)
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- People line the street to look at the space shuttle Endeavour as it makes its way through Los Angles, California, on the way to a museum . (Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times)
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- People line the street to look at the space shuttle Endeavour as it makes its way through Los Angles, California, on the way to a museum. (Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times)
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- People line the street to look at the space shuttle Endeavour as it makes its way through Los Angles, California, on the way to a museum. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
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- People line the street to look at the space shuttle Endeavour as it makes its way through Los Angles, California, on the way to a museum. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
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- People line the street to look at the space shuttle Endeavour as it makes its way through Los Angles, California, on the way to a museum. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour is slowly moved along city streets in Los Angeles, California. Endeavour nosed out of Los Angeles International Airport before dawn on Friday as it began a two-day journey at 2 miles per hour (3.2 km per hour) atop a massive wheeled transporter to its retirement home at the California Science Center on the edge of Los Angeles downtown. (Mark J. Terrill/Reuters)
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- Joseph Duffield, 26, of Venice, seems to hold up the space shuttle Endeavour which was parked at the Drollinger’s parking lot in Westchester, California. (Genaro Molina/Reuters)
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- The space shuttle Endeavour is slowly moved along city streets in Los Angeles, California. (Mark J. Terrill/Reuters)
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Space shuttle Endeavour starts road trip to new LA home
Dana Feldman | Reuters
12:09 p.m. EDT, October 12, 2012
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The retired space shuttle Endeavour set off on Friday for a trip unlike any of its previous journeys, one in which it will crawl through the streets of Los Angeles instead of hurtling through space.
Endeavour nosed out of Los Angeles International Airport before dawn as it began a two-day journey at 2 miles per hour (3.2 km per hour) atop a massive wheeled transporter to its retirement home at the California Science Center on the edge of downtown.
The shuttle flew from 1992 to 2011 and will go on public display after arriving at its destination. It was largely built in southern California and was a workhorse of the U.S. space program, flying on 25 missions.
It left the airport shortly after 2 a.m. (0900 GMT) and reached its first scheduled stop just before 6 a.m. (1300 GMT) – a strip mall parking lot where a few hundred spectators gawked at it.
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