An interior view of the Samuel Oschin Shuttle Gallery at the California Science Center in Exposition Park, featuring soaring contemporary architecture designed by ZGF Architects with a nearly 200-foot-tall gallery built to display NASAs Space Shuttle Endeavour in a vertical launch configuration with its external fuel tank and two solid rocket boosters Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. The dramatic, multi-level space is the centerpiece of the Samuel Oschin Air & Space Center, designed to immerse visitors in the scale of the shuttle and explore its role in human spaceflight. The $450-million expansion is scheduled to open to the public Nov. 13, 2026. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
LOS ANGELES — Space Shuttle Endeavour is the fifth and final operational shuttle built for NASA's space shuttle program. It flew its first mission in May 1992, and its last mission 19 years later. Congress approved the construction of Endeavour in 1987 to replace the Challenger, which exploded after launch the year before, killing all seven crew members including teacher Christa McAuliffe.
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An interior view of the Samuel Oschin Shuttle Gallery at the California Science Center in Exposition Park, featuring soaring contemporary architecture designed by ZGF Architects with a nearly 200-foot-tall gallery built to display NASAs Space Shuttle Endeavour in a vertical launch configuration with its external fuel tank and two solid rocket boosters Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. The dramatic, multi-level space is the centerpiece of the Samuel Oschin Air & Space Center, designed to immerse visitors in the scale of the shuttle and explore its role in human spaceflight. The $450-million expansion is scheduled to open to the public Nov. 13, 2026. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
