The California Science Center in Exposition Park will soon display the Space Shuttle Endeavor in its ready-to-launch position. The exhibit is expected to open on November 13 at the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center.
Exhibit Details
The exhibit will feature the flown orbiter Endeavour attached to a pair of real solid rocket boosters and ET-94, the last remaining flight-qualified external tank. Visitors will be able to walk beneath the orbiter’s main engines, view its open payload bay, and ascend to elevated viewing platforms overlooking the spacecraft.
According to Jeffrey N. Rudolph, president and CEO of the California Science Center, the exhibit includes an introductory film talking about the shuttle, the people who worked on it, and ends with Endeavor’s last launch. The science center is expecting a large influx of visitors and is planning on setting up timed visits.
The shuttle stack stands nearly 200 feet tall, and the exhibit will be the only place in the world where visitors can view a complete, authentic space shuttle system in launch position. Construction of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center was completed in April, nearly four years after groundbreaking on the project in June 2022.
Original reporting: NBC4 Los Angeles — read the source article.
