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Happy New Year everyone!

Visited the Endeavour at its temporary home at the California Science Center in Los Angeles the other day. Given the tight quarters it was difficult to get the entire spacecraft into the camera frame.



Throttleable main engine for the Shuttle



Aft view



Nose view



All of the shuttles were built about 30 miles from where I reside. When they would return from space and land at Edwards AFB they'd come right over my happy little town and rock us with a double sonic boom -BANG BANG- a wonderful sound to hear.



The Endeavour on its victory lap over L.A. on its way to the Science Center



A friend took this photo of the Endeavour landing at LAX

good photos rufrdr

Fantastic pictures!

We lived in the US in 1977 and I remember the space shuttle's maiden test flight on top of the Boeing when it detached and glided back to Earth, a very cool childhood memory. Certainly it's the end of an era for NASA, but at least history has been preserved.