Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Photos of the Day: Endeavour's Twin Solid Rocket Motors Have Arrived in Los Angeles!

Posing for a photo as Endeavour's two solid rocket motors are visible behind me at the California Science Center in Los Angeles...on October 11, 2023.

Earlier today, two trucks towing the twin solid rocket motors (SRMs) that will be attached to Endeavour's external tank ET-94 next year arrived at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. The SRMs completed their journey to the museum—located at Exposition Park in Los Angeles—after a multi-hour drive from the Mojave Air and Space Port the day before.

As shown in the X posts at the very bottom of this entry, I drove down a Los Angeles County freeway—the 605 South—to check out the SRMs as they were temporarily parked on the 605's shoulder after arriving in the city of Irwindale around 12PM yesterday. The SRMs then resumed their trip to Exposition Park before dawn today.

The SRMs are now placed on temporary workstands outside the California Science Center, near the Rose Garden at Exposition Park. Next January is the earliest date that the SRMs, after they are outfitted to become full-fledged solid rocket boosters (SRBs), will be raised vertically and installed at the construction site for the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center.

And once this milestone is complete, Endeavour and ET-94 will be transported from the Samuel Oschin Pavilion (which permanently closes on December 31) to the construction site to join the SRBs as the only fully-authentic space shuttle stack that exists in the world. This should also take place next January.

Stay tuned!

A Los Angeles Police Department detail prepares to escort Endeavour's two solid rocket motors down Figueroa Street towards the California Science Center at Exposition Park...on October 11, 2023.
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The first of Endeavour's two solid rocket motors is transported down Figueroa Street towards the California Science Center at Exposition Park...on October 11, 2023.
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A crowd of onlookers watches as one of Endeavour's two solid rocket motors enters the premises at Exposition Park in Los Angeles...on October 11, 2023.
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The crowd of onlookers continues to watch as one of Endeavour's two solid rocket motors enters the premises at Exposition Park in Los Angeles...on October 11, 2023.
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One of Endeavour's two solid rocket motors is temporarily parked near the construction site for the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center...on October 11, 2023.
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The first of Endeavour's two solid rocket motors is about to be lifted and placed onto a temporary workstand near the Rose Garden at Exposition Park...on October 11, 2023.
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The first of Endeavour's two solid rocket motors is about to be lifted and placed onto a temporary workstand near the Rose Garden at Exposition Park...on October 11, 2023.
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A nose cone for one of Endeavour's twin solid rocket boosters is visible above the F/A-18 Hornet on display near the Rose Garden at Exposition Park...on October 11, 2023.
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Both of Endeavour's two solid rocket motors have been lifted and placed onto their workstands near the Rose Garden at Exposition Park...on October 11, 2023.
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