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NASA's retired Space Shuttle Endeavour was carefully hoisted and mated to a huge external fuel tank and its two solid rocket boosters at a Los Angeles museum, where it will be uniquely displayed as if it is about to blast off.
The final installation of Space Shuttle Endeavour's external fuel tank, ET-94, at the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center was delayed due to wind gusts. The tank, weighing 65,000 pounds and measuring 154 feet long, was hoisted by crane overnight but engineers postponed the final installation due to wind interference. Once completed, Endeavour will be displayed in a full-stack arrangement, pointing toward the stars as if ready for launch, making it the first time a shuttle designed for space has been assembled vertically outside of a NASA or Air Force facility.
Crews at the California Science Center lifted a massive external fuel tank, known as ET-94, into a vertical position as part of the eventual upright display of the space shuttle Endeavour. The tank, weighing about 65,000 pounds and measuring 154 feet long, was delicately placed between two already-standing solid rocket boosters inside the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. This $400 million project will double the science center's educational exhibit space and is expected to open in the coming months.