OTD…Oct. 13 and Endeavour

From deep inside the retired space shuttle Endeavour, technicians today extracted the crew module’s water retention tanks that now are destined for launch to the International Space Station.

#OTD in 2009…Endeavour launched to complete the Japanese segment of the International Space Station

A last-of-its-kind piece of space hardware — the only remaining shuttle external fuel tank — makes its way along the city streets of Los Angeles to the California Science Center.