Space shuttle Endeavour's last stop
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The space shuttle Endeavour made one last stop before heading to its final destination, the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be on permanent display.
The space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, lands at Ellington Field past an aircraft from the Texas Air National Guard 147th Reconnaissance Wing on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
- Smiley N. Pool
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/MCT)
- Brian van der Brug
The space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, makes a low altitude pass over Hobby Airport during a flyover on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
- Smiley N. Pool
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/MCT)
- Brian van der Brug
The space shuttle Endeavour sits atop a Boeing 747 inthe minutes before taking off at the Kennedy Space Center September 19, 2012 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The shuttle is scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles on Friday. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
- Brian van der Brug
The space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, passes over neighborhoods near Hobby Airport during a flyover on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
- Smiley N. Pool
A crowd gathers around the space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, after landing at Ellington Field on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
- Smiley N. Pool
Crowds gather around the space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, after landing at Ellington Field on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
- Smiley N. Pool
Perched atop a modified Boeing 747, space shuttle Endeavour is seen passing over the spires of Space Mountain at sunrise Wednesday, September 19, 2012, in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, en route to Houston, the first leg of a two-day trek to California. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)
- Joe Burbank
The space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, passes over the downtown Houston skyline during a flyover on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
- Smiley N. Pool
Joey Morrison adjusts his space helmet after watching the shuttle aircraft carrier with space shuttle Endeavour atop, land Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, at Ellington Field in Houston. Endeavour is making a final trek across the country to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be permanently displayed. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip
- David J. Phillip
Space shuttle Endeavour sits atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, at Ellington Field in Houston. Endeavour is making a final trek across the country to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be permanently displayed. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
- David J. Phillip
Flying over the rocket garden, space shuttle Endeavour passes over the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on it's flight to a runway near NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 a one-day stop on its trek west to retirement in a California museum. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Tim Shortt) NO SALES
- Tim Shortt
Space shuttle Endeavour sits atop the shuttle aircraft carrier after landing Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, at Ellington Field in Houston. Endeavour is making a final trek across the country to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be permanently displayed. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip
- David J. Phillip
The space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, lands at Ellington Field past an aircraft from the Texas Air National Guard 147th Reconnaissance Wing on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
- Smiley N. Pool
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/MCT)
- Brian van der Brug
The space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, makes a low altitude pass over Hobby Airport during a flyover on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
- Smiley N. Pool
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/MCT)
- Brian van der Brug
The space shuttle Endeavour sits atop a Boeing 747 inthe minutes before taking off at the Kennedy Space Center September 19, 2012 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The shuttle is scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles on Friday. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
- Brian van der Brug
The space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, passes over neighborhoods near Hobby Airport during a flyover on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
- Smiley N. Pool
A crowd gathers around the space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, after landing at Ellington Field on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
- Smiley N. Pool
Crowds gather around the space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, after landing at Ellington Field on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
- Smiley N. Pool
Perched atop a modified Boeing 747, space shuttle Endeavour is seen passing over the spires of Space Mountain at sunrise Wednesday, September 19, 2012, in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, en route to Houston, the first leg of a two-day trek to California. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)
- Joe Burbank
The space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, passes over the downtown Houston skyline during a flyover on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
- Smiley N. Pool
Joey Morrison adjusts his space helmet after watching the shuttle aircraft carrier with space shuttle Endeavour atop, land Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, at Ellington Field in Houston. Endeavour is making a final trek across the country to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be permanently displayed. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip
- David J. Phillip
Space shuttle Endeavour sits atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, at Ellington Field in Houston. Endeavour is making a final trek across the country to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be permanently displayed. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
- David J. Phillip
Flying over the rocket garden, space shuttle Endeavour passes over the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on it's flight to a runway near NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 a one-day stop on its trek west to retirement in a California museum. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Tim Shortt) NO SALES
- Tim Shortt
Space shuttle Endeavour sits atop the shuttle aircraft carrier after landing Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, at Ellington Field in Houston. Endeavour is making a final trek across the country to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be permanently displayed. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip
- David J. Phillip
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