The shuttle Endeavour is heading to Los Angeles today on a three-day journey aboard a 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft on its last voyage to a final home at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.
The original trip was rescheduled from Monday because of bad weather, which Endeavour never had to deal with in space.
As it heads West, Endeavour will perform numerous low-level flyovers at about 1,500 feet along the route. The exact timing and path will depend largely on weather conditions.
After leaving the Kennedy Space Center, it will drop down along Florida's Space Coast, then head West, with flyovers at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in new Orleans.
In Texas, Endeavour will be visible around Houston before landing at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center.
On Thursday, Endeavour again picks up the journey, stopping for refueling at Biggs Army Airfield in El Paso and making more low-level flyovers at White Sands Test Facility nea Las Cruces,N.M.,and NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California, where it will land at mid-day.
On Friday, Endeavour will hit the skies again for a low-level flyover of northern California, passing near NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., as well as various landmarks in several cities, including Sacramento and San Francisco.
After a flyover of many L.A. sites, Endeavour will set down around 11 a.m. PDT at LAX.
After a few weeks of preparation, the shuttle -- now earthbound -- will wind through the city streets of Inglewood and Los Angeles on a 12-mile journey from the airport to the science center, arriving in the evening on Oct. 13.
Endeavour, which completed 25 missions and spent 299 days in orbit, will go on display Oct. 30.
