Shuttle Endeavour
January 9th was a
special day for the students of the LSI – Northeast Los Angeles
campus. LSI Students were treated to a
day of wonder as they were able to lay their eyes on the actual NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center in Los
Angeles, California.
The
Space Shuttle Endeavour is one of
the retired space orbiters used by NASA to perform a large variety of
experiments and missions in space.
Endeavour was the fifth and final NASA space shuttle to be built and
first flew in May 1992. After having
contributed to the building of the International
Space Station (ISS), Endeavour had flown 122,853,151 miles and spent 299
days in space throughout its career. Its
final voyage to space occurred in June 2011.
Shortly
after its retirement, NASA announced that Endeavour
would go to the California Science Center in Los Angeles,
California. After being flown to LAX, Endeavour traveled 12 miles through the
streets of LA in its last journey to its final home. Many native Los Angelenos who lived along the
route, climbed to the top of their roofs to take numerous pictures of a
Spaceship traveling past their homes!
Today,
people from different corners of the globe can come face-to-face with a piece
of Space Exploration history by simply traveling to Los Angeles!
Taken from our monthly e-Newsletter
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