Space Shuttle Endeavour – the first and final photos
THE 75-tonne Space Shuttle Endeavour used to travel at 17,500mph. It took eight and a half minutes to reach that speed from zero on its 25 missions into space. It went a tad slower as it passed through Los Angeles on its way to the California Science Centre. Endeavour clocked up 123m miles in space. It never had to deal with LA’s roads:
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FILE - In this April 17, 2009 file photo, tracks from the crawler transporter leave an imprint leading up to pad 39B after delivering space shuttle Endeavour to its destination from the Vehicle Assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA is facing a big deadline for a decision on whether to go forward with replacing its old shuttle fleet with a new mode of space travel. But it still has no chief to make this $230 billion once-in-a-generation call. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
Posted: 13th, October 2012 | In: Technology Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
