STS-126 was the 27th shuttle mission to the International Space Station. LOS ANGELES After 122 million miles in space, the shuttle Endeavour is about to embark on a new mission. JUpdated 9:26 PM PT In a milestone, the Los Angeles home of the retired space shuttle Endeavour broke ground Wednesday on a permanent museum, which ultimately envisions the.

With commitments totaling 280 million to. Magnus will return to Earth on shuttle mission STS-119.Įndeavour carried a reusable logistics module that held supplies and equipment, including additional crew quarters, additional exercise equipment, equipment for the regenerative life support system and spare hardware. EndeavourLA is the California Science Center Foundation’s 400 million fundraising campaign that has enabled the acquisition and temporary display of Space Shuttle Endeavour and supports our plans to build the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center and sustain ongoing exhibits, programs and operations. The final shuttle mission was completed with the landing of Atlantis on July 21, 2011, closing the 30-year Space Shuttle program. Discovery was the first of the three active Space Shuttles to be retired, completing its final mission on MaEndeavour did so on June 1. Endeavour Together includes images of Endeavour under construction locally in Palmdale and Downey, as well as artifacts that flew into space aboard Endeavour. Magnus will serve as a flight engineer and NASA science officer for Expedition 18. The retirement of NASAs Space Shuttle fleet took place from March to July 2011. 8, 2007 launch, as well as its location near the starboard landing gear door. Space shuttle Endeavour is seen inside the Mate-Demate Device, or MDD, at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Chamitoff, who returned to Earth with the STS-126 crew. This image depicts tile damage to the space shuttle Endeavour during its Aug. Magnus remained on the station, replacing Expedition 17/18 Flight Engineer Gregory E.

Stefanyshyn-Piper and NASA astronauts Donald R. Crews will remove the back wall of the Samuel Oschin Pavilion, where the Endeavour is currently temporarily displayed, and move the space shuttle east to its new location. Ferguson commanded the STS-126 mission aboard Endeavour that delivered equipment to the International Space Station that will enable larger crews to reside aboard the complex.

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