Endeavour Home

Endeavour on MLK.

Homie checking out the shuttle.

Quakers with their peace sign on MLK.

A happy mayor.

At the Science Center, finally.

The long trek across Los Angeles is now over for Space Shuttle Endeavour. It reached it's final destination late this afternoon at the California Science Center. Thousands of residents lined up on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. to watch the shuttle zig and zag down the road. Many locals cheered as the shuttle cleared light standards and trees.

Photos by Ted Soqui © 2012

Shuttle Endeavour's Last Ride

The last ride of Shuttle Endeavour through the streets of Los Angeles.

At Randy's.

Over the 405.

On Madchester.

Waiting for Toyota.

Least interested about the Shuttle.

Photos by Ted Soqui/JTA © 2012

The Transit of Endeavour

The Shuttle Endeavour finally made it to it's new home in Los Angeles.

Photo by Ted Soqui © 2102

Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB

The Space Shuttle Endeavour arrived, via a 747 piggy back ride, at Edwards Air Force Base. The shuttle was on brief display and is getting ready for the last leg of it's transcontinental voyage to Los Angeles.

Endeavour on a 747.

Photo by Ted Soqui © 2012

South Central Trees Get The Chop

Over 400 trees, many in South Central LA, will get the chop this week. The Space Shuttle Endeavour is expected to need to the extra room to maneuver through out the city. Many of the lovely aged trees will have to be cut down to stumps so the Shuttle may reach it's final destination at Exposition Park.
The trees will be replaced with saplings at a rate of 4 to 1 for now, but it will take up to 25 years for the trees to mature and provide the visual grandeur of the prior trees, if they make it that long.

Big tree on the 'Shaw. (Click photo to see larger)

Photo by Ted Soqui © 2012

Space Shuttle Atlantis Heads Home

The Space Shuttle Atlantis left Edwards Air Force Base this morning heading back home to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle was piggybacked upon a specially outfitted Boeing 747-100. The trip home should take about two days, the ferry flight does not fly during the night time.

The 747 flight crew will Twitter updates during the flight, according to NASA.

The Shuttle Atlantis mission (STS-125) logged over 5.3 million miles on their 13 day journey, and conducted 5 space walks to repair NASA's Hubble telescope.

Photos by Ted Soqui c 2009