California Science Center announces opening date to view Space Shuttle Endeavour in launch position
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The Space Shuttle Endeavour is approaching its final mission.But this time, it won’t be blasting into a different atmosphere.
The California Science Center on Wednesday announced its Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center will open to the public on Nov.13.
The $450-million, 200,000-square-foot addition will permanently house the Korean Air Aviation Gallery and the Kent Kresa Space Gallery.But its centerpiece will be the Samuel Oschin Shuttle Gallery, where the Space Shuttle Endeavour will be on permanent display in its vertical “ready-to-launch” position.
When it debuts, the gallery will be the only place in the world with a complete shuttle stack, including orbiter, solid rocket boosters and an external tank.“I’ve been here a long time.We’ve done a lot of great stuff, but this just keeps getting better.
Everybody on our team was so proud of it,” said Jeffrey Rudolph, the Science Center’s president and chief executive.“We are incredibly excited, and we actually think people are gonna come from all over the world to see this thing.”The Air and Space Center opening will mark the completion of the master plan adapted by the Science Center in 1993.
One of three surviving space shuttles, the Endeavour made 25 successful missions into space between 1992 and 2011.In 2012, the shuttle arrived at LAX atop a modified Boeing 747 before being taken on a procession through the streets of Los Angeles to reach Exposition Park.
Construction on the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, a sleek, 20-story building designed by ZGF Architects, finished in April.Entertainment & Arts Construction on the California Science Center’s new Samuel Oschin Air & Space Center, home to the Endeavour shuttle, is complete.“This shuttle really represents everything that my husband loved,” said Lynda Oschin, the widow of Samuel Oschin.
“He was very involved in relativity, explo...