Space Shuttle Endeavour stacks up nicely for new California exhibit
Full launch configuration recreated ahead of Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center's November opening
The California Science Center has unveiled its Space Shuttle Endeavour exhibit, featuring the retired spacecraft mounted in launch position with the familiar orange external tank and twin solid rocket boosters.
The exhibit will be housed in the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, which is due to open on November 13, 2026, after a multi-year construction effort. Endeavour arrived at the California Science Center in 2012 after an overland journey from LAX. Following several years parked in what can best be described as a jumped-up hangar, it has now been moved into a vertical position with the tank and boosters attached.
The museum isn't quite done. Although the Space Shuttle is now in place, months of artifact and exhibit installation work remain before visitors will be welcomed to view the vehicle.
Prior to the installation, Atlantis...
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