Disney Imagineering’s Rob Engle arrived early this morning for a glimpse of the SRMs. Many members of Hollywood’s SciTech community have long followed Endeavour’s journey to Los Angeles. but around the world - can actually see what it looks like before it’s launch.” “I’m extremely proud of what the Science Center has done, to not only bring the Shuttle here but to take the next step and stand it up so every kid - not only those in South L.A. State Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer added that it’s been a “labor of love” getting Endeavour to the Science Center. “These boosters are the same boosters that are gong to propel Artemis to space.” “We’re starting to fly Artemis, going back to the moon and hopefully someday to Mars,” he said, referencing the upcoming Artemis mission to the moon set for 2025. I think there’s a piece here that was on my first flight,” said Hurley, who piloted Endeavour during the Space Shuttle Program and in 2020 served as commander of a test flight of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. But this is a big step.”įormer NASA astronaut Douglas Hurley was happy to see children excited about the space program. … We have a lot of work ahead of us still, getting this lifted and in launch position and then finishing the building around it. “It’s so exciting to actually have these pieces of the Space Shuttle here now. “The kids are what it’s about, inspiring the next generation,” said Jeffrey Rudolph, president and CEO of the Science Center, speaking with The Hollywood Reporter on the route. The groundbreaking was in the spring of 2022, and the center is expected to be completed in 2025. The California Science Center Foundation is actively fundraising to complete the 200,000 square foot Air and Space Center, having raised $350 million of its $400 million goal. Endeavour will be on display until the end of the year, and in early 2024 it will move to the new building. They will be on display on the grounds for the next few weeks, before they are moved to the under-construction Space Center.

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