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I got a sneak peek at space shuttle Endeavour's new home in California, and it's breathtaking (photos)

The spectacular new Air & Space Center, which is more than three decades in the making, will open on Nov. 13.

Space · Jun 25

Scans of 2,000-year-old mummy show ancient Egyptian lived with back pain

Analysis revealed facial features, including shapes of eyelids and lower lips of mummies

The Independent UK · Feb 5

Texas senators: Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston

Space shuttle Discovery may be removed from the Smithsonian and put on display at Space Center Houston, if two senators from Texas get their way.

Space · Apr 11, 2025

Up next for Endeavour LA exhibit: Tank lift and shuttle shrink wrap

Just days after it was taken off exhibit and as its external tank is scheduled for its brief return to flight, NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour is heading under wraps.

Space · Jan 3, 2024

End of year, end of exhibit: Space shuttle Endeavour goes off view for a few years

With the end of 2023 comes the end of an endeavor — or rather Endeavour — as the retired NASA space shuttle goes off public view at the California Science Center for the next few years.

Space · Dec 31, 2023

2nd rocket booster lifted into place for space shuttle Endeavour LA exhibit

For the second time, the largest part of a space shuttle-era rocket booster has been taken vertical as part of the display of the orbiter Endeavour at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

Space · Nov 9, 2023

Rocket motor lifted for shuttle Endeavour exhibit as NASA preps lift for Artemis 2

The future museum display of NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour took a giant step upward as cranes lifted the first of two solid rocket motors into the vertical at the California Science Center.

Space · Nov 8, 2023

How California museum is protecting space shuttle Endeavour against earthquakes

Even before it opened, the exhibit of NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour in Los Angeles elicited one question perhaps more than any other: Can it survive an earthquake?

Space · Jul 21, 2023

'Go for Stack': 1st parts of space shuttle Endeavour vertical display lifted into place at California Science Center

For the first time in 12 years, the stacking of a NASA space shuttle has begun again. The aft skirts for Endeavour's solid rocket boosters were moved into place at the California Science Center.

Space · Jul 21, 2023

California Science Center starts complex process to display Space Shuttle Endeavour vertically

A highly technical process is underway in Los Angeles to put NASA's retired Space Shuttle Endeavour on display in the vertical launch position complete with external tank and two solid rocket boosters

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023