The Last Flight Of Space Shuttle Endeavour In All Its Raw Glory

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Back in 2012, Endeavour took its final ferry flight over the Los Angeles area while mounted to the trusty and highly modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier. No cheesy music soundtrack, no stupid dubstep, no seizure inducing edits, just raw, unadulterated plane porn.

Flanked by a pair of F/A-18 Mission Support Aircraft, the formation passes many area landmarks including the Coliseum, the Hollywood Sign, Griffith Observatory, Disneyland, Dodger Stadium, Universal Studios, downtown Los Angeles, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Malibu coastline and the California Science Center, where Endeavour has been on display in a temporary hangar since late 2012.

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This portion of the final flight was the last leg on the journey from Cape Canaveral in Florida. After several stops across the country, the shuttle made its final landing at Los Angeles International Airport. After that, the retired spacecraft endured a 68 hour journey through a 12 mile stretch of urban LA to its final resting home at the California Science Center. Approximately 1.5 million people lined the city streets to photograph and see the iconic NASA vehicle in the wild for the last time.

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