The final stacking of the Space Shuttle Endeavour
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On January 30, 2024 the California Science Center completed Go for Stack, the complex process of moving and lifting each of the space shuttle components into place for Endeavour’s upcoming awe-inspiring 20-story vertical display. This technically challenging feat had never been done outside of a NASA facility. This (is) the only complete stack of authentic space shuttle flight hardware in […]
On January 30, 2024 the California Science Center completed Go for Stack, the complex process of moving and lifting each of the space shuttle components into place for Endeavour’s upcoming awe-inspiring 20-story vertical display. This technically challenging feat had never been done outside of a NASA facility.
This (is) the only complete stack of authentic space shuttle flight hardware in existence, making the Endeavour exhibit even more significant than before. In addition to allowing the public unprecedented, unique vantage points, this configuration retains a complete flight stack for engineers and historians to examine in the future. NASA and aerospace companies frequently visit museums to look at hardware from previous programs in order to design for the future projects.
That stack now sits inside the still-under-construction Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, which is set to open November 13, 2026.
See more on the museum website and YouTube videos.