Endeavour Mated to SCA Time-Lapse

Today, the space shuttle-era Endeavour is making its way towards final exhibit spot in California. Check Twitter and online media outlets throughout the day for plenty of picturesque flybys of the Endeavour mounted atop NASA’s modified 747. Very cool.

Earlier this week, at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Endeavour orbiter was mounted atop NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, in preparation for its ferry flight to California. Check out the timelapse of that mating below.

It’s kind of bittersweet, seeing the orbiter I saw being processed for this over a year ago, now heading on its way. It’s also the last time the 747 will be used for this duty. The last of the orbiters (Atlantis), is just heading down the road from its current location to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Can’t wait to see Atlantis up and close at KSC, similar to how I did with Endeavour, albeit, it won’t be in the surreal VAB, but in a museum-like environment.