![]() "When you see the shuttle on the launchpad, and you're standing below it - it's just a spectacular perspective."Ī rendering of the exhibit, which is expected to be the tallest vertical authentic spacecraft display in the world. "It's gonna be pretty impressive," Greg Chamitoff, a former astronaut who flew aboard Endeavour twice, including on its last flight, said in an interview. ![]() ![]() Roughly halfway through the building's construction, the shuttle will be moved into the structure, and the rest of the building will then be finished.Īstronauts have cheered the Science Center for designing the exhibit in such a way that will enable members of the public to see thelast space shuttle ever built in a way relatively few have seen before. The construction process will be complex. Building construction of the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center will likely take three years, but it will take longer for interior building construction to be completed. Once complete, the exhibit will be what's believed to be the tallest vertical authentic spacecraft display in the world. Of the three surviving space shuttles, Endeavour will be the only one displayed with its nose pointing to the stars, and will be fully attached to the last remaining authentic orange external fuel tank in existence and twin solid rocket boosters. In a milestone, the Los Angeles home of the retired space shuttle Endeavour broke ground Wednesday on a permanent museum, which ultimately envisions the spacecraft displayed as if ready for launch. A rendering shows the plan to display Endeavour in launch position at the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center.
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