NASA space shuttle installed at site of future Los Angeles science museum
Former ISS commander Terry Virts joined'Fox & Friends' to discuss the significance of the mission as the American rocket heads to the moon for the first time in 50 years. NASA's retired Space Shuttle Endeavour was carefully hoisted late Monday to be mated to a huge external fuel tank and its two solid rocket boosters at a Los Angeles museum where it will be uniquely displayed as if it is about to blast off. A massive crane delicately began lifting the orbiter, which is 122 feet long and has a 78-foot wingspan, into the partially built Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center at the California Science Center in Exposition Park. The building will be completed around Endeavour before the display opens to the public. The 20-story-tall display stands atop an 1,800-ton concrete slab supported by six so-called base isolators to protect Endeavour from earthquakes.
Jan-30-2024, 16:02:48 GMT
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