Post by mrjamie on Sept 14, 2012 9:23:22 GMT -6
NEW ORLEANS -
The final flight for the NASA orbiter Endeavour will include a low-altitude flyover of the Stennis Space Center and New Orleans' Michoud facility.
The shuttle will be ferried from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Los Angeles next week. It will eventually be placed on permanent display at the California Science Center.
It will perform low flyovers on Monday — as low as 1,500 feet — as it passes NASA facilities in Mississippi and Louisiana.
Stennis Space Center in Hancock County tested the orbiter's main engines. Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans is where the shuttle's iconic orange external fuel tank was constructed.
Stennis spokesman Paul Foerman told the Sun Herald newspaper that the center is not inviting the public to watch, but people interested in seeing the shuttle can go to Infinity Science Center and purchase a tour ticket. The bus tour will stop in a place where the Endeavour can be seen.
Infinity Science Center is just off the interchange of Interstate 10 and Mississippi Exit 2 South, next to the Welcome Center.
Stennis is inviting its employees to watch the final flight.
"Our internal plan is to have employees come out, maybe have a banner that says 'Go Endeavour,' something to wish them well on their way to California," Foerman said.
In New Orleans, the flyover is expected to happen between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. The best viewing location will be at or near the Michoud facility.
NASA is encouraging spectators to take photographs and post them on social media sites.
Endeavour also will fly over parts of Houston, Clear Lake and Galveston in Texas before landing at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center. It will remain there until Sept. 19, when it will continue the journey. It is expected to arrive in Los Angeles Sept. 20.
From there, Endeavour will depart in October on a two-day 12-mile road trip to the California Science Center.
Copyright 2012 by WDSU.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
The final flight for the NASA orbiter Endeavour will include a low-altitude flyover of the Stennis Space Center and New Orleans' Michoud facility.
The shuttle will be ferried from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Los Angeles next week. It will eventually be placed on permanent display at the California Science Center.
It will perform low flyovers on Monday — as low as 1,500 feet — as it passes NASA facilities in Mississippi and Louisiana.
Stennis Space Center in Hancock County tested the orbiter's main engines. Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans is where the shuttle's iconic orange external fuel tank was constructed.
Stennis spokesman Paul Foerman told the Sun Herald newspaper that the center is not inviting the public to watch, but people interested in seeing the shuttle can go to Infinity Science Center and purchase a tour ticket. The bus tour will stop in a place where the Endeavour can be seen.
Infinity Science Center is just off the interchange of Interstate 10 and Mississippi Exit 2 South, next to the Welcome Center.
Stennis is inviting its employees to watch the final flight.
"Our internal plan is to have employees come out, maybe have a banner that says 'Go Endeavour,' something to wish them well on their way to California," Foerman said.
In New Orleans, the flyover is expected to happen between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. The best viewing location will be at or near the Michoud facility.
NASA is encouraging spectators to take photographs and post them on social media sites.
Endeavour also will fly over parts of Houston, Clear Lake and Galveston in Texas before landing at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center. It will remain there until Sept. 19, when it will continue the journey. It is expected to arrive in Los Angeles Sept. 20.
From there, Endeavour will depart in October on a two-day 12-mile road trip to the California Science Center.
Copyright 2012 by WDSU.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
