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On this date in history: The final space shuttle launch
Five years ago today -- July 8, 2011 -- Atlantis launched on the final space shuttle mission after 31 years as the centerpiece of America's human spaceflight endeavors.
Parade moves last shuttle fuel tank to museum for Endeavour display
A spectacle never seen before -- a space shuttle external fuel tank traversing city streets -- was witnessed in Los Angeles on Saturday as the relic was moved to the museum that will construct a rocket science attraction.
Photos: Final space shuttle fuel tank moves through Los Angeles to museum
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.
Shuttle fuel tank comes ashore in California for Endeavour museum exhibit
A five-week, 5,000-mile sea trek of the last space shuttle external fuel tank pulled into port today for a parade through the urban jungle of Southern California on Saturday to its final destination.
Photos: Shuttle tank arrives in California
The museum-bound space shuttle tank is coming ashore this morning in Marina del Rey, California, for offloading from its transport barge.
OTD…Final launch of Endeavour five years ago
Shuttle Endeavour launched for the 25th and final time on this date in 2011.
Journey of shuttle fuel tank to California saves four people in Pacific
Making a brief pit shop in San Diego to clear customs today, the museum-bound space shuttle external fuel tank will reach Los Angeles for offloading from the transport barge on Wednesday, just days after a serendipitous rescue of the passengers from a sunken boat in the Pacific.
Shuttle skipper, mountaineering spacewalker going into Hall of Fame
Commander of the 100th space shuttle flight and a spacewalker who later climbed Mount Everest will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday.
Photos: Space shuttle fuel tank in Panama for passage through canal
The last space shuttle external tank in existence, headed from the New Orleans manufacturing plant to the California Science Center for the vertical launch pad display of the retired orbiter Endeavour, has passed through the Panama Canal.
Museum-bound shuttle external tank completes transit of Panama Canal
Navigating the 48-mile Panama Canal that slices through the isthmus, the final shipment of a space shuttle external fuel tank emerged into the Pacific for a three-week trek to California.