Starting Tuesday, the rocket motors will travel from the Mojave Air and Space Port in the desert and arrive in Exposition Park on Wednesday.
The California Science Center artist rending of what the new space gallery will look like at the official ground breaking for its new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, which will become the permanent home of NASA’s retired space shuttle Endeavour Los Angeles CA, Wednesday, June 1, 2022.
When completed, the display will be the only vertical, launch-ready configuration of a shuttle in the world. On Wednesday, the rocket motors, which are being donated by Northrop Grumman, will make the final leg of their journey from the Mojave Air and Space Port north of Lancaster, where they have been in storage. And the public is being invited to view the arrival as the motors are hauled off the Harbor Freeway and driven along Figueroa Street and into the Science Center.
The arrival of the motors will occur 11 years to the day that the shuttle Endeavour began its captivating cross-town journey from Los Angeles International Airport to the Science Center. After arrival, they motors will be placed into temporary storage, awaiting placement in the upright Endeavour display.
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