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Published September 19, 2012, 12:00 AM

Space Shuttle Endeavor's ride to California


Spectators take photos of the space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, as it lands at Ellington Airport on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)

  • Spectators take photos of the space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, as it lands at Ellington Airport on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
  • The space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, passes over neighborhoods near Hobby Airport during a flyover on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
  • Crowds gather around the space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, after landing at Ellington Field on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
  • The space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, makes a low pass over Ellington Field during a flyover on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
  • The space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, lands at Ellington Field past an aircraft from the Texas Air National Guard 147th Reconnaissance Wing on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
  • Space shuttle Endeavour flies atop a modified jumbo jet near NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility, where the external fuel tanks for the shuttle program were made, in New Orleans, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Endeavour will make a stop in Houston before heading to the California Science Center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
  • The space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, passes over the downtown Houston skyline during a flyover on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
  • A crowd gathers around the space shuttle Endeavour, carried atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, after landing at Ellington Field on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Houston. Endeavour stopped in Houston on its way from the Kennedy Space Center to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool, Pool)
  • Scott Rush photographs space shuttle Endeavour as it atop the shuttle aircraft carrier after landing Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, at Ellington Field in Houston. Endeavour is making a final trek across the country to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be permanently displayed. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip