![]() ![]() Assembly was completed in July 1990, and the new orbiter was rolled out in April 1991. A major refit of the prototype orbiter Enterprise was looked at and rejected on cost grounds, with instead the cache of structural spares that were produced as part of the construction of Discovery and Atlantis earmarked for assembly into the new orbiter. History Endeavour rollout ceremony in April 1991 Endeavour as photographed from the International Space Station as it approached the station during STS-118 Endeavour appears to straddle the stratosphere and mesosphere in this 2010 photo taken from the International Space Stationįollowing the loss of Challenger, in 1986 NASA was authorized to begin the procurement process for a replacement orbiter. NASA chose, on cost grounds, to build much of Endeavour from spare parts rather than refitting the Space Shuttle Enterprise, and used structural spares built during the construction of Discovery and Atlantis in its assembly. ![]() The United States Congress approved the construction of Endeavour in 1987 to replace the Space Shuttle Challenger, which was destroyed in 1986. STS-134 was expected to be the final mission of the Space Shuttle program, but with the authorization of STS-135 by the United States Congress, Atlantis became the last shuttle to fly. It embarked on its first mission, STS-49, in May 1992 and its 25th and final mission, STS-134, in May 2011. You can find Tariq at and as the co-host to the This Week In Space podcast with space historian Rod Pyle on the TWiT network.Space Shuttle Endeavour ( Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-105) is a retired orbiter from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the fifth and final operational Shuttle built. He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University. He is also an Eagle Scout (yes, he has the Space Exploration merit badge) and went to Space Camp four times as a kid and a fifth time as an adult. In October 2022, Tariq received the Harry Kolcum Award for excellence in space reporting from the National Space Club Florida Committee. Before joining, Tariq was a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times covering education and city beats in La Habra, Fullerton and Huntington Beach. He became 's Managing Editor in 2009 and Editor-in-Chief in 2019. He covers human spaceflight, exploration and space science, as well as skywatching and entertainment. Tariq is the Editor-in-Chief of and joined the team in 2001, first as an intern and staff writer, and later as an editor. You can follow Managing Editor Tariq Malik on Twitter on Twitter. "My hope is that this film will show you the amount of dedicated people, and the teamwork, that it took to get the Endeavor to its new home." "This has been an amazing experience that I will never forget," Givot wrote in his description. 21 after a three-day flight from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Endeavour was delivered to Los Angeles on Sept. Meanwhile, Endeavour and its sister ships Discovery and Atlantis, as well as the test orbiter Enterprise, are all being placed on public display, though Endeavour is the only one on the West Coast. The agency plans to use new private spacecraft to carry astronauts and cargo into orbit, and is developing a new rocket and space capsule for deep space missions. NASA retired Endeavour along with the rest of its space shuttle fleet in 2011 after 30 years of spaceflight. The movie "Mission 26: The Big Endeavour" chronicles Endeavour's delivery to the California Science Center on Oct. Space shuttle Endeavour's trip through Los Angeles stars in a stunning time-lapse movie by a photography team led by Matt Givot. They worked closely with the Inglewood Police Department to prepare their jaw-dropping shots. Givot was joined in the time-lapse project by photographers Joe Capra, Chris Pritchard, Brian Hawkins, Andrew Walker and Ryan Killackey. It was clear to those watching Endeavour that the event was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, he added. That was the best part of the whole thing." "It was just seeing the joy and excitement, and their pride of living in L.A. "The biggest thing for me, it was the people," Givot told. ![]() While a NASA transporter vehicle hauled the shuttle much of the way, a Toyota Tundra pickup truck towed Endeavour across a 405 Freeway overpass during the trip. Huge crowds turned out to see the space shuttle drive along the streets of Los Angeles. Endeavour made the 12-mile (19 kilometers) trip from the airport to the museum at a slow, careful pace, with work crews taking care to avoid snaring the shuttle on power lines or scraping its wings on trees or other obstacles. ![]()
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