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Power to NASA’s two other orbiters, Discovery and Atlantis, was terminated in December on the 16th and 22rd respectively. This week I watched as technicians removed components of Endeavours fuel lines from the aft compartments that might possibly be reused at some future date inside NASA’s new Heavy Lift rocket, dubbed the SLS or Space Launch System. The power must be on to drain and purge the toxic materials. Since then technicians have been removing hazardous materials and propellants from the orbiters hydraulic and fuel lines and thoroughly cleansing Endeavour to make it safe for museum display to the general public. Altogether, Endeavour spent 299 days in space, orbited the Earth 4671 times and traveled over 197 million kilometers (123 million mi).Įndeavour’s power termination on comes almost exactly one year since her final launch on the 16 day long STS-134 mission on May 16, 2011. She flew 25 missions over a spaceflight career that spanned 19 years from the inaugural flight in 1992 to the final flight in 2011 to deliver the dark matter hunting Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) to the International Space Station ( ISS). Credit: Ken Kremer/Endeavour was the youngest in NASA’s fleet of three surviving orbiters and designated as vehicle OV-105. Shuttle Commander seat at left, Shuttle Pilot seat at right. Flight Deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour Powered up for the final time.
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The blue display screens used by the Shuttle Commander and Pilot were real, lit and vividly moving before my eyes, dials were active and shining and multitudes of critical gauges lined the cabin all over from front to back, left to right, top to bottom. I was at last standing on the “Starship Endeavour” and this was the closest I ever felt to being in space. Credit: Mike Deepįor me, standing on the astronauts flight deck was like being transported to the bridge of the “Starship Enterprise” – but this was real, not science fiction. Her research and publications with other colleagues have taken her to areas of generative linguistic, psycholinguistics and the language-assessment fields.Flight Deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour Powered up for the final time. Working memory and its relationship to listening comprehension in a second language was the topic of her dissertation. Languages, language- teaching, research, assessment and statistics are her ongoing academic interests. Professor Londe received her BA in Linguistics from UCLA (summa cum laude) and an MA and Ph.D. Zsuzsa Londe is a faculty member at the ALI she teaches both oral and writing skills. Reserve your tickets at California Science Center. The California Science Center is open daily from 10AM to 5PM.
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Ask questions from the guides, because each type of tile, the flag, the loads, the doors, and rocket boosters have a story, and are the results of great research, innovation, and engineering. I highly recommend a visit while it is displayed horizontally before its final position when it will be shown with the external fuel tank, and the solid rocket boosters in its launch position. The space exhibit is fascinating because you get a close-up look at the history of all the space shuttles, get to touch the landing-wheels, learn about space food, have the option to feel the movement of the shuttle via movement simulation, and see the video of the “26th mission” on the streets of Los Angeles. We learned that the purpose of the US space program was to help build and maintain the International Space Station, and the Endeavour (named after a British ship, the HMS Endeavour, hence the British spelling) was also part of the Hubble Telescope repair mission. I took my class to see this awe inspiring engineering marvel in the fall of 2014.