Endeavour heads for the City of Angels


The final leg of the final space shuttle ferryflight, an aviation marvel since 1977, gets underway from Edwards Air Force Base on Sept. 21, departing from the three-mile-runway and loops around for a low-altitude pass. The trek culminated with a stirring flyover of Los Angeles, the new retirement home for Endeavour.

See our coverage of Endeavour's ferryflight.

Photo credit: Walter Scriptunas II/Spaceflight Now


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