Space Shuttle Endeavour

Endeavour’s 2-Day Drive Through LA in Less Than 3 Minutes

October 17, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Here’s a fantastic timelapse compilation of space shuttle Endeavour’s big drive through the streets of Los Angeles. Photographer/cinematographer Matthew Givot and his team followed the shuttle during the 2-day ‘endeavor’ — a drive that included photo-ops of the shuttle driving past [...]

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Why Did the Space Shuttle Cross the Road?

October 12, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour on the streets of Los Angeles. Credit: Scott Maxwell Why did Space Shuttle Endeavour cross the road? To get to the California Science Center, of course! About midnight local time, Endeavour began a 19-km (12-mile), two-day trip down the streets of LA as it moves from the Los Angeles International Airport to [...]

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Bringing You There: Final Shuttle Flyby Over Kennedy Space Center

September 25, 2012

This will never be seen again. Last week, the remaining Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (NASA 905) lofted a Space Shuttle into the sky for the final time. After taking off, NASA 905 and Endeavour made one final low pass over the Kennedy Space Center runway before making way towards the West coast. These 2 videos were [...]

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Space Shuttle Endeavour Flies Over Historic Golden Gate Bridge (and some chick’s house in LA)

September 21, 2012

California was invaded by an unusual flying duo today: the Space Shuttle Endeavour sitting atop a 747 airplane, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Above, you can watch it they flew over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and below are more images and video of the flybys from various locations, including a video by GamerChick5567, [...]

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Endeavour Departs Kennedy Forever for California Home

September 20, 2012

Image caption: Endeavour departs Kennedy Space Center forever on Sept 19 on last flight of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. Credit: Ken Kremer Under cloudy skies at first light, Space Shuttle Endeavour departed NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Wednesday morning, Sept. 19, at about 7:22 a.m. EDT marking the final flight of NASA’s storied [...]

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