Last major piece being installed before the winged spacecraft goes vertical later this year.
with a flown Spacehab logistics module and replica components modeled after how Endeavour looked on its 20th mission, STS-118, in 2007.on its crew and the California Science Center is focused on education.construction site of its new home
Once completed, the exhibit will feature the world's only indoor display of a full space shuttle stack. Endeavour will appear as it did on the launchpad with one exception: one of its payload bay doors will be open, allowing guests to see the equipment inside.A replica of Endeavour's Orbiter Boom Inspection System , furnished for the California Science Center by Guard-Lee, Inc., will be installed in the space shuttle's payload bay.
With the shuttle fleet retired since 2011, the ideal addition for Endeavour's display would be the real OBSS. It, however, is out of reach.On Endeavour's last mission, the boom was removed and stowed outside of the. Though its sensors are long dead, the OBSS could be used to augment the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm in order to reach areas the arm alone cannot.
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