When space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Feb. 7, it will mark the first flight of an external tank manufactured using longitudinal friction stir ...

A space shuttle's orange external fuel tank is surrounded by scaffolding and fencing. Just days after it was taken off exhibit and as its external tank is scheduled for its brief return to flight, ...

A man takes a picture of the last shuttle fuel tank, ET-94, before it begins its journey along Los Angeles streets to the California Science Center in Exposition Park in 2016. (Los Angeles Times) At ...

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EXPOSITION PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An ambitious effort to display the retired space shuttle Endeavour in an upright configuration at the California Science Center began its next major phase ...

Crews are beginning to move a massive external fuel tank through Exposition Park so it can be lifted in a launch-ready position for display the California Science Center. Moving the tank, known as ...

EXPOSITION PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- California Science Center crews rigged a massive external fuel tank to a giant crane early Friday and lifted it into the air while delicately placing it in ...

An enormous piece of the new space shuttle Endeavour display at the California Science Center will slowly slide into place. The next phase of an effort to move the shuttle into an upright launch ...

NASA’s retired space shuttle Endeavour was carefully hoisted late Monday and attached to a huge external propellant tank and its two solid rocket boosters at a Los Angeles museum where it will be ...

Just days after it was taken off exhibit and as its external tank is scheduled for its brief return to flight, NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour is heading under wraps. With the new year getting ...

At long last, the final journey of the last space shuttle ever built, Endeavour, and its giant orange external tank are expected to begin this month — the capstone to a historic journey to an ...