Los Angeles lands shuttle Endeavour
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 00:30
in Astronomy & Space
The retiring spacecraft will be housed in the California Science Center, NASA announces, with the other orbiters going to the Kennedy Space Center and the Smithsonian.The space shuttle Endeavour — assembled in Palmdale and celebrated as the "jewel of the fleet" — is coming home to Southern California for permanent display at the California Science Center, NASA announced Tuesday, ending a fierce museum competition for among the rarest of space artifacts.