C/NET - William Harwood, 9/18/12
The shuttle Endeavour, bolted to the back of a NASA jumbo jet, will take a leisurely final flight to California, giving the public one last chance to see the winged spaceplane in flight.
The space shuttle Endeavour, bolted to the back of NASA's 747 transport jet, stands ready for its final flight, from the Kennedy Space Center to Los Angeles where it will go on display at the California Science Center at the end of October.
(Credit: William Harwood/CBS News)
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.--The space shuttle Endeavour, veteran of 25 trips to orbit since its maiden launch two decades ago, was prepped today for takeoff on its final flight tomorrow, a cross-country tour atop a NASA 747 transport jet that will give the public one last chance to see the iconic spaceplane in flight before landing in Los Angeles Friday for work to ready the ship for museum duty.
Running two days late because of stormy weather along the Gulf Coast, Endeavour and its carrier jet are scheduled for takeoff from the Kennedy Space Center's 3-mile-long shuttle runway around 7 a.m. ET tomorrow.
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