Friday.ĭelays could occur if weather along the California coast changes, NASA officials say. The entire flight over the Bay Area is scheduled to occur roughly between 9 and 10 a.m. Its flight path will carry it into Northern California airspace over Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco and NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View before heading south to Los Angeles International Airport. In a trip characterized by NASA as a farewell tour, Endeavour will fly piggyback Friday from the space agency's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert, 70 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles.
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This is the final ferry flight scheduled in the Space Shuttle Program era. The SCA, a modified 747 jetliner, will fly Endeavour to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display at the California Science Center. (Photo by Scott Andrews/NASA via Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Nasa/Getty Images Show More Show LessĢ4 of35 25 of35 This framegrab image provided by NASA TV shows space shuttle Endeavour atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, doing a low level flyby at the Shuttle Landing Facility in the early morning hours at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, Sept. (Photo by Kim Shiflett/NASA via Getty Images) Nasa/Getty Images Show More Show Less 20 of35 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 19: In this handout provided by NASA, NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, with the space shuttle Endeavour mated on top is airborne after taking off from the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA Kennedy Space Center on Septemin Cape Canaveral, Florida. 18 of35 19 of35 CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 19: In this handout provided by NASA, NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, with the space shuttle Endeavour mated on top takes off from the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA Kennedy Space Center on Septemin Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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