![]() A highly technical process began Thursday to put the retired NASA space shuttle Endeavour on permanent display in the vertical launch position complete with external tank and two solid rocket boosters. Lynda Oschin, wife of late Samuel Oschin, both the principal donors of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, smiles as she tours the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles, Thursday, July 20, 2023. President and CEO of the California Science Center Jeffrey Rudolph, left, Lynda Oschin, wearing a picture of her late husband Samuel Oschin, the principal donors of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, middle, and Vice President Retail Operations at California Science Center Foundation Kent Jones visit the construction of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Technicians attach specialized lifting lugs to the top ring of the Solid Rocket Aft Skirts, the bottom segments of the boosters of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, before using a crane to place them on top of a seismic isolator pad inside the Shuttle Gallery at the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Officials say it's the first time the procedure has been done outside of a NASA facility. ![]() Retired Space Shuttle Rocket Booster engineer Larry Clark holds a specialized "lifting lug kit" used to be able to hoist the Solid Rocket Aft Skirts, the bottom segments of the boosters of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, before placing them on top of a seismic isolator pad inside the Shuttle Gallery at the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Damian Dovarganesīraggs Companies General Foreman Jamie Holmes, left, supervises workers using a crane to hoist a Solid Rocket Aft Skirt, the bottom segment of the boosters of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, before placing it on top of a seismic isolator pad inside the Shuttle Gallery at the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Workers use a crane to hoist the Solid Rocket Aft Skirts, the bottom segments of the boosters of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, before placing them on top of a seismic isolator pad inside the Shuttle Gallery at the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Workers used a crane to hoist the Solid Rocket Aft Skirts, the bottom segments of the boosters of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, before placing them on top of a seismic isolator pad inside the Shuttle Gallery at the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles, Thursday, July 20, 2023. When NASA's shuttles were retired, Endeavour was flown to California atop NASA's special Boeing 747 shuttle carrier in 2012, drawing crowds as it flew over locations in the state associated with the space program.Īfter landing at Los Angeles International Airport, the shuttle was placed on a special trailer and then created a sensation as it was inched through tight city streets to the California Science Center over several days. The 20-story-tall display will stand atop an 1,800-ton (1,633-metric ton) concrete slab supported by six so-called base isolators to protect Endeavour from earthquakes.Įndeavour was built as a replacement for the destroyed Space Shuttle Challenger and flew 25 missions between 19. Officials say it will be the first time the procedure has been done outside of a NASA facility. The segments, called aft skirts, had to be precisely positioned so that the entire assembly can be stacked properly. Workers used a crane to hoist the bottom segments of the boosters into the California Science Center's future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, which is currently under construction in Exposition Park.
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