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Space shuttle Endeavor flies to its place at the last museum home

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The space shuttle Endeavor is wrapped in protective shrink wrap and is parked next to its external fuel tanks as it waits to be lifted by a 450-foot crane and placed next to its fuel tanks at the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center next week. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Barring … Read more

Space Shuttle Endeavor’s giant orange external tank begins its final journey

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A man takes a photo of the last shuttle fuel tank, ET-94, before it begins its journey through the streets of Los Angeles to the California Science Center at Exposition Park in 2016. (Los Angeles Times) Finally, the final journey of the last space shuttle ever built, Endeavor, and its giant orange external tank are … Read more