"On Thursday, Endeavour is scheduled to fly over the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico on its way to Edwards Air Force Base outside Los Angeles.
On Friday, Endeavour is slated to embark on a tour of Northern California, dipping over NASA's Ames Research Center, Sacramento and San Francisco before heading back to Los Angeles, where it will become an exhibit at the California Science Center."
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A tentative flyover of JPL Friday morning, Sept. 21, will highlight the final journey of space shuttle Endeavour, as it is flown from Florida to Los Angeles atop a 747 aircraft en route to its final home at the California Science Center.
Due to weather and other factors affecting the shuttle's ferry flight, NASA has not announced exact times for flyovers in Southern California. However, on Wednesday the agency said that "any time after 10:30 a.m. on Friday," Southern Californians could watch for flyovers at landmarks including JPL, downtown Los Angeles, Disneyland, the Getty Center, Griffith Observatory and Los Angeles International Airport. The shuttle and 747 are expected to land at LAX at about 11 a.m. Friday.
"Arrival at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base is scheduled for approximately noon PDT. NASA Television will air live coverage of today's landing at Edwards Air Force Base and tomorrow's sunrise departure. NASA TV is available on the Web at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html"
Flightaware doesn't seem to track live - try NASA906 for the flight number. 906 is actually the Talon T38 escort.
Edit: Arrival at Dryden is 12:20 - 1:00 today. See NASA TV.
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Endeavour Ferry Flight Given 'Go' for California Flyover
Fri, 21 Sep 2012 06:54:26 AM PDT
NASA Managers have given a "go" for the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, carrying space shuttle Endeavour, to depart Edwards Air Force Base and begin a four-and-a-half hour flyover of northern California and the Los Angeles basin.
Weather is forecast to be clear for the entire flight.
NASA Television will air live coverage of the departure at 8 a.m. PDT. Takeoff is planned for 8:15 a.m.
The SCA and Endeavour will salute NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center and the Edwards Air Force Base area after takeoff with a low flyby northbound to Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area. Any time after 9:30 a.m. PDT, watch for Endeavour from viewing locations that include the Bay Area Discovery Museum, Chabot Space and Science Center, the California State Capitol, Exploratorium, Lawrence Hall of Science and Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Next the aircraft will travel south, making a pass over NASA's Ames Research Center and Vandenberg Air Force Base before heading into the Los Angeles area. Any time after 11:30 a.m., watch for flyovers of Endeavour passing regional landmarks such as its future home at the California Science Center, Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey, Disneyland, The Getty Center, Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles City Hall, the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific, Malibu Beach, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, the Queen Mary, Universal Studios and Venice Beach, among others.
Finally, the SCA and Endeavour will land about 12:45 p.m., at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) for an arrival ceremony before Endeavour is taken off the 747. The orbiter will be transported to the California Science Center next month.
The exact timing and path of the ferry flight will depend on weather conditions and operational constraints. Some planned flyovers or stopovers could be delayed or canceled.
Social media users are encouraged to share their Endeavour sightings using the hashtags #spottheshuttle and #OV105, Endeavour's vehicle designation.
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