Here's a look back at the shuttle program. 30 in the Science Center's Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion.Įndeavour completed 25 missions, spent 299 days in orbit, and orbited Earth 4,671 times while traveling 122,883,151 miles, according to NASA. On Friday, the 135th and final mission of NASA's 30-year Space Shuttle program is scheduled to launch. It is expected to arrive at the Science Center on Oct.

The aircraft wil then head down the coast for flyovers of several sites in LA, including Disneyland, before its touchdown at LAX.Įndeavour will be undocked from the carrier at LAX, and crews at a United Airlines hangar will prepare the shuttle for transport - a 12-mile trip to the Science Center. The aircraft and shuttle are scheduled to make flyovers of Sacramento, NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett and the Golden Gate Bridge. Friday morning the double-decker planes will leave NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The image is 27.0 kilometers by 38.4 kilometers (17 miles by 24 miles) and is centered at 38.6 degrees North latitude, 125.1 degrees West longitude.

There are several others planned along the route Friday. This image was acquired by Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) onboard the space shuttle Endeavour on October 2, 1994. There is also a chance the planes could actually peak beneath the fog bank for an extra thrilling display (if the timing is right). (NASA) More than 200 patients received a second chance at life with tiny heart pumps developed from space shuttle fuel pump technology. Any time after 8:30 am on Friday September 21, watch for flyovers of Endeavour in the Sacramento. NBC Bay Area's weather department said fog could still be an issue locally. 12-30SR California ferry flyover routes, Curie/Brown, 9-18. The national weather picture has cleared and the cross country flight is a go. NASA officials announced Monday that the flight from Kennedy Space Center would be postponed because of thunderstorms along the flight path. with a low flyby northbound to Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area. The cross-country flight was delayed slightly by weather. NASAs Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) with space shuttle Endeavour mounted on. – 10 a.m.: Visit booths about Ames contributions to the Space Shuttle ProgramĨ:30 a.m.: Welcome by Ames Center Director S. The base told NBC Bay Area they have already handed out 1,500 parking passes to the base, adding they are capping the event at 5,000 people but hope to allow everyone through the gates that wants to take part in the historical event.Ħ a.m.: Doors open food trucks availableħ a.m. Moffett is expecting thousands of people to attend the event. Early on the morning of June 18, 1983, the space shuttle Challenger roars off of Kennedy Launch Complex 39 beginning a six-day mission to deploy two.

The sojourn will include a low level flyover of Moffett Field Friday morning. This is that interview.Deputies Conduct Traffic, Pedestrian, VTA Enforcement at Busy San Jose Intersection To our delight, we got to speak to Michael Curie, Nasa's premiere spokesperson who was actually on board the 747. After waiting all morning with a no show shuttle, we decided to call Nasa and find out what was causing the delay. The Endeavour was the fifth and final space-worthy NASA space shuttle to be built, constructed as a replacement for Challenger, which was destroyed 73. Ironically, the flyover was scheduled to fly right over our studios at KHITS 92.1, so my news and traffic reporter, Christine Reckford and I decided to broadcast from the stations rooftop and watch the flight while on the air. The four-hour, 34-minute flight began at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base Friday morning, and over the ensuing hours the piggyback pair made low-level flybys over scores of California cities and landmarks, many of which had direct ties to NASA's Space Shuttle Program over the past 40 years. NASA's space shuttle fleet began setting records with its first launch on Apand continued to set high marks of achievement and endurance through 30 years of missions.

21 as it toured California on the back of NASA's modified 747 carrier aircraft, landing at Los Angeles International Airport after its final ferry flight into history. Space shuttle Endeavour ended its flight career Sept.

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