Thursday, September 21, 2017

Back in the Day: Endeavour's Aerial Tour of the Golden State...

Endeavour and NASA 905 fly over the Hollywood Sign and Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, on September 21, 2012.
REUTERS / Patrick Fallon

Just thought I'd re-post these amazing photos that were taken as Endeavour passed over various iconic locales of California prior to arriving in Los Angeles five years ago today. From the Golden Gate Bridge in the Bay Area to the Hollywood Sign, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the battleship USS Iowa and Angel Stadium of Anaheim in SoCal, the pilots flying NASA 905 (a modified Boeing 747) that ferried Endeavour made sure that people living in different parts of the California coastline had the opportunity to spot NASA's youngest retired space shuttle orbiter in the sky one last time. The pilots did not disappoint. Well— Except those who were down in San Diego that day... Sorry.

Endeavour and NASA 905 fly over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on September 21, 2012.
NASA / Carla Thomas

Endeavour and NASA 905 fly over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Pasadena on September 21, 2012.
NASA / JPL - Twitpic.com

Endeavour and NASA 905 fly over the Honda Center and Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Orange County, on September 21, 2012.
NASA / Jim Ross

Endeavour and NASA 905 fly over the Queen Mary in Long Beach on September 21, 2012.
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Endeavour and NASA 905 fly over the battleship USS Iowa in San Pedro on September 21, 2012.
NASA / Jim Ross

Endeavour and NASA 905 fly over the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the California Science Center on September 21, 2012.
NASA / Jim Ross

Endeavour and NASA 905 fly over the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) prior to touching down at LAX on September 21, 2012.
NASA / Scott Andrews
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