The space shuttle Endeavour, which was built in Palmdale to replace the destroyed Challenger shuttle, will be placed on display at the California Science Center in Exposition Park after its upcoming final mission, NASA announced Tuesday.
Endeavour is scheduled to launch on its final mission later this month. When its final mission is completed, Endeavour will have traveled 115 million miles during 25 flights, carrying 139 people into orbit, according to NASA.
It was unclear exactly when the shuttle would go on display. NASA tentatively planned to have them ready for delivery by early to mid-2012. The Science Center will soon announce a fundraising effort to help pay for the planned new center where the shuttle will be housed. There is also a roughly $28 million to $29 million cost of preparing the shuttle for public display and transporting it.
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