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'We are proud that the City of Inglewood will be involved in this great event.'

Butts, the mayor of Inglewood, in a statement. 'The procession of the Endeavour to its new home at the California Science Center will allow our children to bear witness to history, up close and personally,' said James T.

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So, overnight will be a series of moves through, I think it's four transmission lines that are particularly challenging.'īeyond those lines, the late night to early morning move will take space shuttle Endeavour across the 405 Freeway to arrive at Inglewood City Hall for a launch ceremony on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 'They have to do it overnight because of the grid demands. 'There are some transmission lines that have to be shut down to be moved out of the way and can't be done during regular daylight hours,' Rudolph said. 12 to avoid impacting active aircraft operations and to facilitate navigating around power lines. The move from LAX to the CSC will begin in the late night hours of Friday, Oct. That has to go on the day it's planned,' he added. 'We don't have flexibility with respect to the days that we move from the airport to the science center. So if any weather issues delay the ferry flight in Florida or anywhere across the country on the way, our contingency for that is extra time at LAX.' 'And then we'll hopefully have a little extra there, as we have built in a cushion. 'It is a week to ten days of work to prepare the orbiter, getting it de-mated, taking off the tail cone, and doing the miscellaneous other work we need for transport,' Rudolph told. There, NASA will have already staged large cranes to hoist Endeavour off of the aircraft's back and onto the wheeled overland transporter. Once on the ground at LAX, the shuttle-747 combo will taxi from the runway to a United Airlines hangar located on the west side of the airport. But we are obviously in discussions with them about flyovers and the precedent that was set in New York and D.C. 'Because of FAA and NASA requirements, they won't determine anything until later. 'The final decision and determination on flyovers is very close to the actual date,' said Rudolph. In both earlier cases, the shuttle made spectacular flyovers of the cities' metropolitan areas and landmarks before touching down. and the prototype orbiter Enterprise that was flown to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City. 30.Įndeavour's ferry flight atop NASA's jumbo jet will proceed similarly to the earlier deliveries of space shuttle Discovery to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. The building, which was named after the late philanthropist whose foundation made a significant gift to exhibit Endeavour, will open to the public on Oct. 13, the five-story tall, 78-foot wide (24 meters), 170,000-pound (77,111 kilogram) winged spacecraft will enter the CSC's newly-erected Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion. Rolling up in the early evening hours of Saturday, Oct. Most importantly, this marks the beginning of Endeavour's ultimate mission of inspiring current and future innovators and explorers at the California Science Center.' It is not only one of the biggest objects ever transported down city streets it's an irreplaceable national treasure. 'This will mark the first, last and only time a shuttle will travel through 12 miles of urban, public streets. 'We look forward to everyone joining in the celebration,' said Rudolph.

'Los Angeles is a world class city that deserves an out of this world attraction like the Endeavour,' said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in a statement.