Sunday, January 1, 2012

Space shuttle Endeavour is currently in storage inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA / Jim Grossmann

Happy New Year, Everyone! I'm looking forward to seeing the retired shuttle Endeavour [and eventually the external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters (which were removed from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex last November and December, respectively, and also given to the California Science Center in downtown Los Angeles) below] in person this summer...when the venerable orbiter makes her way to Los Angeles. This is assuming her transition and retirement process won’t be protracted due to several parts of her propulsion system being removed and handed over to NASA's Space Launch System program. If this is the case, then I can wait. It’s not like I have a choice in the matter!

Waiting for a new home: the external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters that were removed from display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex last November and December, respectively.
NASA / Dmitri Gerondidakis
Posted by Richard Par at 12:03 PM
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