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Here's Where And When To See Space Shuttle Endeavour Today In California

Endeavour passed by the Golden Gate Bridge today. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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Here's Where And When To See Space Shuttle Endeavour Today In California

September 21, 2012 • Carried atop a cargo jet, the shuttle is set to take off from Edwards Air Force Base at 8 a.m. PT. It will fly low over Sacramento, San Francisco and Monterey on its way to Los Angeles.

Shuttle Endeavour Is On Its Way To California

Space shuttle Endeavour, attached to a 747, on the tarmac at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Bill Ingalls/NASA /UPI /Landov hide caption

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Shuttle Endeavour Is On Its Way To California

September 19, 2012 • The third of the fleet of four to head off to a retirement home, the shuttle will end its journey in Los Angeles. Along the way it will stop in Houston. There will also be flybys, weather permitting, over San Francisco and Sacramento.

NASA Picks The Space Shuttles' New Homes

April 12, 1981: Columbia was the first shuttle to launch. AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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NASA Picks The Space Shuttles' New Homes

April 12, 2011 • They'll be going to California, Florida, New York and Virginia.

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