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    Space shuttle Endeavour's giant orange external tank begins final journey

    by Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times Jan 03, 2024 4 minutes
    The orange external tank will be attached to the twin solid rocket boosters, already installed, at the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center construction site at the California Science Center.

    At long last, the final journey of the last space shuttle ever built, Endeavour, and its giant orange external tank are expected to begin this month — the capstone to a historic journey to an ambitious museum exhibit in Los Angeles.

    It'll be a momentous occasion for the California Science Center, the state-run museum just south of downtown L.A., which is building the 20-story Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center to house Endeavour. Anticipation has been building for more than a decade for the new museum wing, after NASA's decision in 2011 to Endeavour to L.A. and the orbiter's cross-country journey in 2012, flying over the Hollywood sign before undertaking a three-day journey

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