Space shuttle Endeavour’s rockets roll into LA as Science Center hails arrival
LOS ANGELES — With a festive celebration worthy of the stars, Los Angeles welcomed the arrival of massive twin rockets Wednesday, the final pieces of large equipment before the space shuttle begins to be fully assembled in a grand museum exhibit next year.
The solid rocket motors — each weighing 104,000 pounds and the size of a Boeing 757 fuselage — came aboard two semi-trucks from the Mojave Air and Space Port, taking nine hours over two days and traversing seven Southern California freeways to arrive at the California Science Center in South L.A. The motors take up most of the length of the white solid rocket boosters,
