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    Space shuttle Endeavour soaring into place at final museum home

    LOS ANGELES — Barring weather delays, the space shuttle Endeavour will undergo its final, historic lift starting Monday night, a maneuver no other retired orbiter has undergone. Plans for the coming move — setting into place the crown jewel of the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center — have been in the works for more than a decade. First, a pair of cranes will hoist the shuttle from a ...
    by Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times Jan 27, 2024 4 minutes
    The space shuttle Endeavour, wrapped in protective shrink wrap, is positioned to be lifted by a 450- foot crane and linked to external fuel tanks in the next few days, weather permitting, at the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center on Jan. 26, 2024, in Los Angeles.

    LOS ANGELES — Barring weather delays, the space shuttle Endeavour will undergo its final, historic lift starting Monday night, a maneuver no other retired orbiter has undergone.

    Plans for the coming move — setting into place the crown jewel of the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center — have been in the works for more than a decade. First, a pair of cranes will hoist the shuttle from a horizontal position to a vertical one; the spacecraft will be attached to a sling, a large metal frame that'll support it during the move. An 11-story crane will lift the tail

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