On July 20, 2023 the California Science Center will commence Go for Stack, the complex process of moving and lifting each of the space shuttle components into place for Endeavour’s upcoming awe-inspiring 20-story vertical display. This technically challenging feat has never been done outside of a NASA facility.
December 31, 2023, will be the last chance to see Endeavour on exhibit for several years until the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center opens to the public. The space shuttle Endeavour will be moved off display in preparation for a final move across Exposition Park to be lifted into the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, which will then be completed around the full shuttle stack.
Thanks for the updated photos. Looks like the building surrounding the shuttle won't afford a far away perspective as I would have thought. But the facilities look great.
On July 20, 2023 the California Science Center will commence Go for Stack, the complex process of moving and lifting each of the space shuttle components into place for Endeavour’s upcoming awe-inspiring 20-story vertical display. This technically challenging feat has never been done outside of a NASA facility.The roughly six-month long process starts with the installation of the aft skirts, which attach the entire space shuttle stack to seismic isolators beneath the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center building.
Are they really going to hang Endeavour off the ET? I would've though a more permanent structure would've been a steel "backbone" inside the ET, maybe protruding through the bottom and into the concrete pad. Just a few small openings such that the orbiter's attachment points go to something very substantial that's sort of "hidden" within the ET. I'd worry about the aluminum ET weakening over time, especially in a seismic environment.But I'm not a civil engineer. Those who are, chime in. How long can we safely mount the orbiter on an actual ET and not worry about metal fatigue, bending, etc?
Since tropical storm Hilary is looming over southern California, will the California Science Center housing the Endeavour space shuttle be spared from the storm?
How is the current meteorological situation in LA's Exposition Park (in which California Science Center is located) after showers of rain and instances of flash flooding in and around Los Angeles?