Tickets & Admission to the California Science CenterĪdmission to see the Endeavour is included in your ticket to the California Science Center. Remember: California Science Center is not currently open due to the ongoing pandemic! Check here for updates. Here are some other details and tips you’ll need to know to make the most of your visit. The Endeavour is one of the most popular exhibits at the California Science Center, so there are lots of signs to guide you to see it. So all that said, here’s how you can visit the Endeavour! Where is the Space Shuttle Endeavour? To reach her final home, Endeavour made a 12-mile journey through the streets of Los Angeles.The Endeavour was the first shuttle to help assemble the International Space Station.On one mission, the Endeavour crew helped make repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope.Over the course of 25 missions, Endeavour spent 296 days, 3 hours, 34 minutes, 2 seconds in space.Endeavour was named by students after NASA held a competition among primary and secondary students across the U.S.The shuttle Endeavour was built after the Challenger accident to replace the lost shuttle and continue the frequency of launches.Here are some interesting facts about the Space Shuttle Endeavour: Over the course of her career, she flew 25 missions in all, ending in May 2011. She made her first flight in May 1992, to deliver a satellite to space. Endeavour was Authorized by Congress in August 1987 as a replacement for the Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger, which had been destroyed during an accident in 1986.Įndeavour (OV-105) first arrived at Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility on May 7, 1991, atop NASA’s new Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (NASA 911). The Space Shuttle Endeavour was the final shuttle built as part of the shuttle program. The History of the Space Shuttle Endeavour On July 8, 2011, Atlantis made the last shuttle launch and the Space Shuttle program ended. Unfortunately, following the Columbia and Challenger accidents in 19, the shuttle program became increasingly cost ineffective and was eventually retired. Over the course of 30 years, the shuttles completed 135 missions, helping NASA deliver payloads to space, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, and build Skylab and the International Space Station. Related: A Definitive History of Space Tourism & Human SpaceflightĮventually, there were six working shuttles in all: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour, and Enterprise there’s also the Space Shuttle Independence which never flew. Instead, Columbia was the first to fly to space in 1981 from Kennedy Space Center on the 20th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic spaceflight. As the Apollo program put men on the moon at exorbitant cost, NASA wanted to create a reusable, lower cost way to send people and cargo to space on a regular basis. The first space shuttle built was the Enterprise, but it never flew to space. The Space Shuttle program was initially conceived in the late 1960s. This post was originally published in January 2019 and was updated in November 2020. You can check for updates here, and we’ll keep this page updated with information about re-opening once it occurs. Unfortunately, due to the ongoing pandemic, California Science Center (where Endeavour is on display) is temporarily closed. In this article, you’ll find everything you need to know to visit the Space Shuttle Endeavour, the ‘baby’ of the Space Shuttle family, at her permanent home in Los Angeles. The five remaining Space Shuttle are on permanent display from coast to coast. One such shuttle you can see in person is the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which document a unique chapter in American spaceflight. This includes Saturn V rockets, Apollo Command Modules and Space Shuttles. To help inspire future generations to support NASA and explore space, many amazing relics and artifacts from the different eras of NASA exploration are visible to the public at museums across the country. In the United States, we’re lucky to have a lot of opportunities to interact with our national heritage in space.
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