California Science Center

12. April 2011 | 19:59

Shuttle to Land at California Science Center

The California Science Center will be the final stop for one of NASA’s retired space shuttles. About a dozen museums were in the running to land one of the retired shuttles. Endeavour will land at the California Science Center. Refresht this page… (News Source: NBC Los Angeles - 17:47:28)

Retiring NASA space shuttle Enterprise to go for NYC museum, shuttle Atlantis to Kennedy Space Center, Endeavor to Los …

The Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville had a spot in its museum alongside the Spruce Goose and SR 71 Blackbird spy plane — but along with 16 other museums and centers bidding to host the four retiring space crafts, McMinnville didn’t make the cut. (News Source: The Oregonian - 17:25:32)

LA museum to get retired space shuttle

LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA says the California Science Center in Los Angeles will become the home of the space shuttle Endeavour when the shuttle program concludes. (News Source: KMIR 6 Palm Springs - 17:58:22)

No space shuttle for Evergreen

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA announced Tuesday that space shuttles are headed for the Kennedy Space Center, the California Science Center in Los Angeles and the Intrepid Museum in New York. The Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville already has a spot in its museum that is shuttle-ready and hoped to land one of them. Had Evergreen received a shuttle, it would have had an … (News Source: KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland - 13:45:27)

Shuttles’ future homes: Fla., Calif., N.Y. and D.C.

Museums in Florida, New York City, Los Angeles and the nation’s capital will serve as the homes of NASA’s space shuttles in retirement, the agency’s chief announced Tuesday. (News Source: MSNBC - 17:10:12)

NASA Chooses 4 Sites as Space Shuttles’ Retirement Homes

The shuttles were assigned to their final destinations on Tuesday after a heated competition: Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a Smithsonian center near Washington, and museums in Los Angeles and Manhattan. (News Source: New York Times - 17:56:51)

NYC, L.A., Kennedy Space Center, Smithsonian to get the 4 retired space shuttles

The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and the Kennedy Space Center Visitors complex are likely to get two of the four coveted shuttle vehicles … (News Source: USA Today - 15:27:00)

Houston, we have a problem: Space City snubbed in bid to land retired shuttle

HOUSTON - Houston, we have a problem. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Tuesday announced that Space Center Houston will not receive a retired space shuttle. The orbiters will instead be housed in Florida, California, Washington, D.C., and New York City. Specifically, the space shuttle Atlantis will retire to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Endeavour will be housed at the California … (News Source: 11 News Houston - 16:37:26)