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Space Shuttle Endeavour OV-105 was the fifth operational orbiter, built to replace Challenger OV-099 after it exploded during launch on January 28, 1986. It flew 25 missions. It was delivered to NASA from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale on May 2, 1991. Its first flight was STS-49 which was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on October 3, 1985 and landed at Edwards Air Force Base on May 13, 1992. Its final mission was STS-134 which was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on May 16, 2011 and landed at the Kennedy Space Center on June 1, 2011. It is now on display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

May 2, 1991 Delivery flight of Endeavour OV-105 from Air Force Plant 42 at Palmdale

747-SCA takes off with Endeavor from Palmdale on May 2, 1991 747-SCA takes off with Endeavor from Palmdale on May 2, 1991

747-SCA takes off with Endeavor from Palmdale on May 2, 1991 747-SCA takes off with Endeavor from Palmdale on May 2, 1991

747-SCA takes off with Endeavor from Palmdale on May 2, 1991 747-SCA takes off with Endeavor from Palmdale on May 2, 1991

747-SCA takes off with Endeavor from Palmdale on May 2, 1991 747-SCA takes off with Endeavor from Palmdale on May 2, 1991

ISS and Space Shuttle Endeavour OV-105 over Goleta, August 20, 2007

The International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Endeavour streak across the sky north of Goleta at 9:31 to 9:35 PM on the evening of August 20. The two streaks end where the space ships enter the shadow of the Earth.

Time lapse movie of the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The action has been speeded up by a factor of 25x.

December 5, 2008: Endeavour OV-105 at Edwards Air Force Base

Bad weather caused the Space shuttle Endeavour OV-105 to divert to Edwards Air Force Base at the conclusion of STS-126 on November 30. It was the 52nd Space Shuttle mission to land at Edwards. It will return to the Kennedy Space Center on a 747 Carrier Aircraft. On Friday, December 5 Endeavour was suspended under the Mate/Demate Device at the Dryden Flight Research Center being prepared for mounting on the 747.

High winds hampered the effort to mount it on the 747 Carrier Aircraft, so the departure was postponed until Wednesday, December 10.

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008 Endeavour is suspended from the yellow cradle and lifted by the three yellow block and tackles. Gray workstands surround the orbiter and can be raised independently.

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Thirty-one years earlier the Space Shuttle Enterprise, OV-101 is towed into the Mate/Demate Device on August 12, 1977 following its first Approach and Landing Test flight.

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008 Former Space Shuttle astronaut Gordon Fulerton is the man in khaki with the baseball cap. He flew on two Approach and Landing test missions in the Enterprise and on the third flight of Columbia.

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

20,082 pixel by 12,628 pixel high-resolution view produced by stitching together 56 images (8 columns by 7 rows) taken with a Gigapan robotic camera mount. It has a field of view of 99.5 degrees wide by 62.6 degrees high (top=41.5, bottom=-21.1).

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Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

32,852 pixel by 21,708 pixel high-resolution view produced by stitching together 182 images (14 columns by 13 rows) taken with a Gigapan robotic camera mount. It has a field of view of 164.5 degrees wide by 108.7 degrees high (top=68.2, bottom=-40.5).

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Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

The Space Shuttle Endeavour is suspended under the Mate/Demate Device.

Panorama size: 115 megapixels (18182 x 6337 pixels)
Input images: 24 (8 columns by 3 rows)
Field of view: 80.1 degrees wide by 27.9 degrees high (top=23.8, bottom=-4.2)

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards AFB, December 5, 2008 The tail cone sits in the Shuttle processing hangar waiting to be installed on Endeavour.

December 10, 2008: Departure of Endeavour OV-105 From Edwards Air Force Base

Bad weather caused the Space shuttle Endeavour OV-105 to divert to Edwards Air Force Base at the conclusion of STS-126 on November 30, 2008. It was the 52nd Space Shuttle mission to land at Edwards. High winds hampered the effort to mount it on the 747 Carrier Aircraft, so the departure to the Kennedy Space Center was postponed until Wednesday, December 10.

Boeing 747 Carrier Aircraft N911NA and SPace Shuttle Endeavour taxied out a minute later.

The Space Shuttle cast its shadow on the big hangar as it taxied out.

747-SCA N911NA taxied to the intersection.

747-SCA N911NA turned right and taxied to the far end of the runway.

747-SCA N911NAturned around on the runway and took off at 7:10.

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Composite image of the take-off of the 747-SCA and Endeavour.

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747-SCA N911NA and Endeavour landed at Biggs Air Force Base, Texas 2 hours and 18 minutes later. They made a second stop at Fort Worth later in the afternoon.

September 20-21: Last Flights of Endeavour OV-105

Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA landed at Edwards Air Force Base with Space Shuttle Endeavour on its journey to Los Angeles on September 20, 2012. This was the first time that a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft brought a shuttle to Edwards from another airport

The stack made a low pass over the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and Edwards Air Force Base.

The stack circled the base and flew a long downwind leg for Runway 22 Left.

The stack landed on Runway 22 at 12:50 PM.

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The stack taxied along the main base flightline to the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and parked.

NASA Science Video: Space Shuttle Endeavour Arrives at Dryden Flight Research Center in California My white 4Runner can be seen in the media convoy at 5:04.

The flight crew of NASA 905 addressed the assembled media contingent.

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012 Bill Brockett piloted the 747/Shuttle stack.

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012 Frank Batteas was the co-pilot of the stack.

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012 Larry Larose was the flight engineer aboard the shuttle carrier aircraft.

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012 NASA Dryden employees, their families, and NASA Social Media invitees got a close-up look at the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

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Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

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Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

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Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012 A TV reporter gets her picture taken in front of the 747/Shuttle stack.

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012 Mission marks on the side of N905NA depict the history of Shuttle Carrier Aircraft operations.

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012 The crew list on the side of N905NA identifies NASA pilots and flight engineers that have flown aboard the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012 Detail of the underside of Endeavour reveals how the thermal protection system tiles have turned gray after 25 reentries. Darker tiles reveal where some damaged tiles have been replaced between spaceflights.

Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012

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Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, September 20, 2012 The upper surfaces of Endeavour were protected by quilted thermal protection system blankets. The crescent Moon appears near the cockpit windows.

Edwards Air Force Base, September 21

The Space Suttle endeavour made the last leg of its cross-country journey from the Kennedy Space center to Los Angeles International Airporton September 21, 2012. The 747/Shuttle stack conducted a tour of California before landing at Los Angeles.

The stack taxied out past the Edwards Air Force Base control tower at 8:00 AM.

The 747/Shuttle stack departed from Runway 04 Left at 8:15 AM. The Hornet chase plane roared past overhead.

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The stack turned around and made one final pass over Edwards Air Force Base before flying over Rosamond, Lancaster, and Palmdale.

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The stack flew over Mojave and the Tehachapi Pass on its way to the Central Valley. It visited Sacramento, San Francisco, and the NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Federal Airfield. It returned to Southern California by way of Santa Barbara and Malibu. It flew across Santa Monica and flew a circle around Exposition Park.

NASA Science Video: Endeavour Space Shuttle Leaves Dryden Flight Research Center in California: The 747/Shuttle stack flew past my position at 4:28.

Los Angeles International, September 21, 2012

The stack made its first pass over Los Angeles Internationl Airport along Runway 24 Right on the north side of the airport inthe company of a pair of McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18B Hornets from the Dryden Flight Research Center.

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The stack flew past the Getty Museum, the Hollywood sign in the Hollywood Hills, Griffith Park Observatory, and Universal Studios before circling Jet Propulsion Laboratories. It continued to Orange County to visit Disneyland, Huntington Beach, and the Queen Mary.

The stack passed the Northrop-Grumman Plant as it returned to Los Angeles International Airport and made a pass along Runway 25 Right with its chase planes.

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The stack turned east and flew across el Segundo before turning back to the west to land on Runway 25 Right. Its Hornet chase plane shot pictures and video as it touched down for the last time.

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Endeavor will be removed from the 747-SCA by a pair of cranes overnight. It will be stored at the airport until October 12. That night it will be transported along streets to the California Science Ceter, where it will go on display on October 30.

747-Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA made its last flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Edwards Air Force Base on Monday, September 24. It will provide spare parts of the Straospheric Observatory for Infra-Red Astronomy 747SP N747NA.


NASA video: FA18 extended view of Space Shuttle Endeavour's flyover Southern California. The place in Lot C, where I was taking pictures of the 747/Shuttle stack during its first pass over LAX, is visible at about 4:51. It flew past Lennox Park, where I photographed its approach to landing, at 14:26. Lennox Park was out of frame at the bottom.


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A dozen photos of 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Events depicted include:

747-SCA N905NA/Enterprise Approach and Landing Test 1 take-off on August 12, 1977.
747-SCA N905NA/Enterprise Approach and Landing Test 4 take-off on October 12, 1977.
747-SCA N905NA/Columbia delivery take-off on March 20, 1979.
747-SCA N905NA/Challenger static and departure take-off on July 4, 1982.
747-SCA N911NA/Endeavor delivery take-off from Palmdale on May 2, 1991.
747-SCA N905NA/Columbia landing at Palmdale on September 25, 1999.
747-SCA N905NA/Discovery take-off on November 2, 2000.
747-SCA N905NA/Atlantis take-off on July 1, 2007.
747-SCA N911NA/Endeavor take-off on December 10, 2008.
747-SCA N911NA/Discovery take-off on September 20, 2009.
747-SCA N905NA/Endeavor flyover at LAX, September 21, 2012.

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Bad weather caused the Space shuttle Endeavour to divert to Edwards Air Force Base at the conclusion of STS-126 on November 30, 2007. Following servicing in the Mate/Demate Device, it departed from Edwards on the back of 747 Carrier Aircraft N911NA on December 10.

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A dozen photographs of the Space Shuttle Discovery at Edwards Air Force Base. Bad weather at the Kennedy Space Center caused the Space shuttle Discovery to divert to Edwards Air Force Base at the conclusion of mission STS-128 on September 11, 2009. Following servicing in the Mate/Demate Device, it departed from Edwards on the back of 747 Carrier Aircraft N911NA on September 20.

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A dozen photos of Space Shuttle Endeavour's Final Flights. Boeing 747-Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA and Space Shuttle Endeavour arrived at Edwards Air Force Base from Biggs Army Airfield on September 20, 2012. The pair were placed on static display at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center that afternoon. The 747/Shuttle stack departed from Edwards Air Force Base on the morning of September 21. It toured California and several landmarks in the LA Basin. It made two low passes over Los Angeles International Airport before making its final landing. The 747-SCA was flown to Edwards Air Force Base on September 24 where it was retired. The Endeavour ison display at the California Science Center.

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