Space Shuttle Endeavour

[Tucson Photographer]

Tucson fly by, 9/20/12.

[Scott Youmans]

Beautiful!  Sorry I couldn't make it to Tucson.

[Jay Beckman]

Man, me too...

[Tucson Photographer]

Thanks Scott.

[Dave S.]

Man, me too...

Me three!!

[Chris Janes]

SST1 by Thunderbird Fan, on Flickr

[Chris Janes]

SST2 by Thunderbird Fan, on Flickr

Farewell Endeavor! Thank you NASA for a 30 year run on an amazing and inspirational Shuttle program.

[phantomphan1974]

Great shots!  Looking forward to tomorrow to her arrival at LAX!

[Chris Kennedy]

Departure coverage on NASA TV now. Starting the long taxi from the NASA ramp to the airfield.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

[Chris Kennedy]

Live video from Bay Area. Looks like F-15 flying chase now.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=8818308#&cmp=twi-kgo-livenow-8818308

[Chris Kennedy]

Live video from LA area. Two chase planes now.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Space-Shuttle-Endeavour-Soar-Last-Time-California-170683856.html?live

[Chris Kennedy]

NASA photo of landing at LAX shows a few photogs on Aviation Blvd. Any AzAp'ers here?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/8010319780

[Chris Kennedy]

Another NASA landing photo. Check out all the people on Aviation Blvd. in the background.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/8010314177

[Brian Lockett]

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 747/Shuttle stack departed from Runway 04 Left at 8:15 AM.

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

It 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.

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.

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.

It 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.

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.

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.

[Scott Youmans]

Outstanding!