
California Science Center begins complex process to vertically display NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour
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NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour will be displayed at California’s future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. A complex process of positioning the shuttle vertically has begun.
The segments, called aft skirts, had to be precisely positioned so that the entire assembly can be stacked properly. Officials say it will be the first time the procedure has been done outside of a NASA facility.
The 20-story-tall display will stand atop an 1,800-ton concrete slab supported by six so-called base isolators to protect Endeavour from earthquakes.
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