9/21/12 -- FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE BAY AREA OVERFLIGHT!!

Friday, 21 September 2012


PURPOSE

To bring to your attention a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see (and photograph) the spectacle of a space shuttle being ferried over the Bay Area for the last time, ever -- see it this morning -- in person or on live news coverage.

DISCUSSION

1.  Here is a great NASA article, by Pete Crow -- full of details and backstory AND a live flight tracker so you can view the actual flight path (but not in real time, it seems).   I have included a link directly to the tracker, as a hopeful short-cut for you.

2.  Here's a New York Times article describing the Shuttle's final tour over California, today.

3.  Here's a KRON 4 News report, dated yesterday -- an excerpt is included below -- though flight times may change -- get live updates from the television.

• "(BCN)--The Space Shuttle Endeavor is scheduled to make a once-in-a-lifetime flight over the Bay Area to the excitement of space exploration fans.     
• The shuttle, which will piggyback on a specially modified Boeing 747, is set to make a low-altitude pass on Friday over an area near the Golden Gate Bridge at approximately 8:30 a.m., creating an epic moment for the thousands of space enthusiasts, photographers and others expected to come out to watch.     
• The shuttle will be on its final flight as it heads south to Los Angeles, where it will be placed on permanent display at the California Science Center.     
• By about 9:30 a.m., the Endeavor is scheduled make a pass as low as 1,500 feet above the NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in Mountain View."

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PLEASE REMEMBER -- TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE -- WATCH THE T.V.