Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Photos of the Day #2: The Second Solid Rocket Motor Is Now Installed at Endeavour's Permanent Home!

Space shuttle Endeavour's twin solid rocket motors stand tall at the construction site for the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles...on November 8, 2023.
Richard T. Par

Just thought I'd share these images that I took earlier today of space shuttle Endeavour's two solid rocket motors (SRMs) after the second booster was installed at the construction site for the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles this morning!

With both 116-foot-tall booster hardware now in place, scaffolding will immediately be erected around both rockets as workers prepare for the installation of the forward assemblies, or nose cones, onto the SRMs. It remains to be seen if this milestone occurs by Thanksgiving.

And once the solid rocket boosters (SRBs) are finally made whole—with them reaching a height of 149 feet with the addition of the nose cones—the process will soon begin to prepare the SRBs for the arrivals of Endeavour herself and her external fuel tank, ET-94, to the construction site next January.

Stay tuned!

Space shuttle Endeavour's twin solid rocket motors stand tall at the construction site for the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles...on November 8, 2023.
Richard T. Par

Space shuttle Endeavour's twin solid rocket motors stand tall at the construction site for the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles...on November 8, 2023.
Richard T. Par

One of space shuttle Endeavour's twin solid rocket motors stands tall at the construction site for the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles...on November 8, 2023.
Richard T. Par

Space shuttle Endeavour's twin solid rocket motors stand tall at the construction site for the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles...on November 8, 2023.
Richard T. Par

With a retired A-12 Blackbird in the foreground, space shuttle Endeavour's twin solid rocket motors stand tall at the construction site for the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles...on November 8, 2023.
Richard T. Par

With their two nose cones visible in the background, space shuttle Endeavour's twin solid rocket motors stand tall at the construction site for the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles...on November 8, 2023.
Richard T. Par

The two nose cones for space shuttle Endeavour's twin solid rocket boosters will soon be ready for installation at the construction site for the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles...on November 8, 2023.
Richard T. Par

The two nose cones for space shuttle Endeavour's twin solid rocket boosters will soon be ready for installation at the construction site for the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles...on November 8, 2023.
Richard T. Par

A selfie I took with space shuttle Endeavour's twin solid rocket motors at the California Science Center in Los Angeles...on November 8, 2023.
Richard T. Par
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