Endeavour again... making an ATM stop?

Sorry for the lack of postings - it's been the Jewish holidays and I've just been too busy for photos and blogging!  But I thought about it a lot... usually in the middle of meetings or as I'm drifting off to sleep ;)

Endeavour is finally making its move to the LA Science Center (actually, it should be there by now).  It left LAX late Thursday night and stopped in a parking lot behind stores on the east side of Sepulveda Blvd at La Tijera for a few hours Friday morning.  There's a lot of logistics involved as it crawls along at 2 mph - even though they've done a lot of obstacle-moving ahead of time, they still need to unhook power lines, etc, then reconnect them after the shuttle moves through.  Plus they swapped out the transport tractors when they went over the 405 fwy - it was kinda confusing!

Anyway, I went early Friday morning before work to check out the Shuttle (ok, I'm a big fan!).  There were lots of other people there, too, and everyone was in a happy, festive mood.  Here are a few photos from my space encounter.  Enjoy.

PS:  Here's a link to the LA Times' time-lapse video of Endeavour's travel through Los Angeles.  It's a lot of fun!
http://framework.latimes.com/2012/10/15/time-lapse-video-space-shuttle-endeavours-trek-across-l-a/

Endeavour pulled in behind Citibank :)
Next stop:  Office Depot??

Future astronaut!

Logistics team doing a press conference

Beauty shot

Local reporter practicing her lines

An enterprising nearby banner company charged a fee for people to ride up in their
cherry-picker to get a nice clear view for a Shuttle photo op

Trailer crew making adjustments

Full length view

Close up of the SSME (main engines), OMS (orbital maneuvering system)
and umbilical quick disconnect panel

Volunteers getting their portraits taken with Endeavour

Even French bulldogs are excited!

Field of media antennae

Last view with the crowd