On Wednesday, the rocket motors, which are being donated by Northrop, Grumman, made the final leg of their journey from the Mojave Air and Space Port north of Lancaster, where they have been in storage. CSC officials in July officially began the process of creating the vertical display, in what they have dubbed a "Go for Stack" process. The delivery of the Solid Rocket Motors marks one of the last major components needed for the arrangement. The external fuel tank is already at the Science Center, awaiting its upright positioning in the new display. The shuttle has been on display horizontally at the Science Center for 11 years. When completed, the display will be the only vertical, launch-ready configuration of a shuttle in the world. All of the launch components, the shuttle, rocket boosters and a massive external fuel tank, will be included in the vertical display of Endeavour at its new home in the $400 million Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. The rocket motors are the major components of the twin Solid Rocket Boosters that were used to help propel the shuttles into space. The rocket motors will be included in the upright display of the space shuttle Endeavour. Some unusual cargo was hauled through the streets of Exposition Park on Wednesday, as a pair of large space-age Solid Rocket Motors were delivered to the California Science Center. “That’s really our mission.Massive rocket motors move to Science Center 03:14 “If we can get people emotionally engaged, then you can inspire them,” he said. Like Reisman, Rudolph is hoping that emotional connection to space will inspire a new generation of scientists and astronauts. Rudolph described witnessing people get emotional as they realize how massive shuttles are in person. Once the entire display is ready to be unveiled, the Space Shuttle Endeavour – which has only been viewed horizontally at the science center since its arrival 11 years ago – will be the only shuttle in the world to be displayed vertically. In addition to moving one rocket motor into position on Tuesday, a second motor is scheduled to be lifted and positioned into place next to the first one on Wednesday. The president and CEO of California Science Center said it’s been a more than three-decade dream to get a vertical space shuttle display to L.A.īesides figuring out the logistics that go into carrying out such a gargantuan feat, science center staff have had to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to finance the building that will house the Endeavour. That sense of awe from students is music to Jeffrey Rudolph’s ears. last month, during their epic trip from the Mojave Air and Space Port north of Lancaster to their new home within Exposition Park. The motors, Robeny said, were “as big as a whale.” He recalled watching a pair of rocket motors travel down the streets of South L.A. Robeny, his parents said, has been learning about the solar system and reeling off facts about space that even his parents didn’t know. Robeny was supposed to be in his kindergarten classroom, like most weekdays, but on this day he stayed outside with his parents, Ariana and Walter Giron, and two younger brothers, as the family waited to see if the rocket motor would soon be moved. Perhaps that kid might be 5-year-old Robeny Giron. Among the millions of children who will visit the exhibit, he said, there could be “a kid that sees it and decides that they want to grow up and become an astronaut.”
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