Space shuttle finally reaches new home

15 Oct 2012, 9:19 am   -   Source: AAP
The space shuttle Endeavour reached its permanent home after a three day journey through LA. (AAP)

The space shuttle Endeavour reached its permanent home after a three day journey through LA. (AAP)

The space shuttle Endeavour has finally reached its permanent home in a Los Angeles science museum a day later than planned.

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It took much longer than expected, but the space shuttle Endeavour has finally reached its permanent resting place at a Los Angeles museum.

After a 19-kilometre journey through city streets that included thousands of adoring onlookers, flashing cameras and even the filming of a television commercial, Endeavour arrived at the California Science Center on Sunday to a greeting party of city leaders and other dignitaries that had expected it many hours earlier.

Organisers had planned a slow trip, saying the spacecraft that once orbited at more than 27,353km/h would move at just 3.22km/h in its final voyage.

But that estimate turned out to be generous, with Endeavour often creeping along at a barely detectable pace when it wasn't at a dead stop due to difficult-to-manoeuvre obstacles like trees and light posts.

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