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Topic: California Science Center: shuttle Endeavour
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 48453 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-22-2017 05:54 PM
California Science Center via Twitter: Two booster forward skirts were delivered today [Nov. 21]! They provide the critical connection between the solid rocket boosters and the external tank.These will be stored by ET-94 until we are ready to assemble all of Endeavour's components for the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center!  

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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 48453 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-08-2018 12:01 PM
From Perry Roth-Johnson, curator of aerospace science at the California Science Center, via Twitter: Our external tank at needs a good wash, so we are up in a boom lift giving it some TLC. The pressure wash works like a charm... before (left) and after (right).  Got the aft dome of the external tank cleaned up, and we'll keep working our way towards the nose over the next few days.  
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 48453 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-24-2018 11:31 AM
From Perry Roth-Johnson, curator of aerospace science at the California Science Center, via Twitter: Starting to paint our external tank, ET-94!  
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SpaceDust Member Posts: 122 From: Louisville, KY Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 06-24-2018 10:02 PM
I've seen in earlier post where this exhibit was planned for opening in 2019. Is this date still true? Haven’t seen any construction photos or does the CSC even mention it on their website that I could find. Does anyone know what the opening date is? |
SpaceAngel Member Posts: 393 From: Maryland Registered: May 2010
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posted 04-06-2019 05:20 PM
When is the assembly of Endeavour and the launch vehicle will be taking place? |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 48453 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-06-2019 10:05 PM
The California Science Center has not released an updated schedule as to the construction of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center or, as part of that, the vertical display of space shuttle Endeavour. When there is news to be shared, it will be posted here. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 48453 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-11-2020 11:00 AM
collectSPACE Shuttle-used rockets roll into California to stand up Endeavour exhibitTwo rocket boosters made from parts that launched on more than 80 space shuttle missions are now parked outside of Los Angeles, having moved a step closer to standing up the display of a retired NASA orbiter. The twin solid rocket motors, which Northrop Grumman pledged to donate for the California Science Center's exhibit of the space shuttle Endeavour in 2017, were delivered over the past couple of weeks to the Mojave Air and Space Port, where they are being temporarily held in outdoor storage. The inert motor cases, which Northrop Grumman described as being "structurally representative" of the solid rocket boosters used during NASA's space shuttle program, were trucked in from the company's Promontory, Utah test facility after being prepared for their exhibit.  |
pupnik Member Posts: 122 From: Maryland Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 09-13-2020 08:45 AM
Looking at the recent artist renderings in the article, I'd be surprised if they actually follow through with the glass-floored top level to look down on the stack.While the artist-rendered woman in a skirt doesn't have anyone from the lower level looking up it, real people aren't always so considerate. |
OV-105 Member Posts: 877 From: Ridgecrest, CA Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 09-13-2020 05:44 PM
They could do one way glass. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 48453 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-18-2022 11:30 AM
collectSPACE Groundbreaking set for launchpad-like display of retired space shuttle EndeavourMore than a decade after it was grounded, NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour is soon to be the focus of a groundbreaking. The California Science Center in Los Angeles is set to begin of construction the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, a new museum that will display Endeavour vertically, as if poised for another launch, complete with a fuel tank and two side-mounted boosters.  |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 48453 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-01-2022 08:00 AM
collectSPACE Groundbreaking sets stage for space shuttle Endeavour launch-like displayIt is an up-close sight that gave astronauts a reason to pause and soon it will be one that the public can see for themselves: a space shuttle standing poised for launch. The California Science Center on Wednesday (June 1) is breaking ground for its new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, which will become the permanent home of NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour. Unlike the science center's current display of the orbiter, which for the past 10 years has had Endeavour positioned horizontally atop its mobile transporter, the new exhibit will showcase the full space shuttle stack — including an external tank and twin solid rocket boosters — in a gallery towering 20 stories tall at Exposition Park in Los Angeles.  |
SpaceAngel Member Posts: 393 From: Maryland Registered: May 2010
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posted 06-01-2022 01:14 PM
Are there any chances if the project will be complete less than three years; i.e. possibly in 2024? |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 48453 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-01-2022 01:31 PM
Construction of the Samuel Air and Space Center will require at least three years and then time is needed to build out the 150 exhibits inside. The California Science Center has not yet set an opening date, but it has said that it will be no earlier than sometime in 2025. |
MOL Member Posts: 163 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 06-01-2022 04:03 PM
It was a spectacular day for the groundbreaking — the cranes were arranged to show at the peak how high Endeavour will be!Endeavour astronauts Garrett Reisman, Greg Chamitoff and Barbara Morgan were there, as well as the mayor of Los Angeles. The folks in the third photo besides the astronauts are Jeffrey Rudolph, the CEO of the California Science Center, and Ms. Lynda Oschin, the widow of Samuel Oschin.  


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