Space Shuttle Endeavour
Space shuttle Endeavour launched on its final mission on Monday, May 16, 2011.
After a journey of six and a half million miles, the orbiter landed for the final time at Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, June 1, 2011.
![Endeavour making its move out of the Vehicle Assembly Building for its move to a processing hangar. [Photo: NASA]](/content/dam/news/images/2012/04/endeavour-ksc-0201.jpg "Endeavour making its move out of the Vehicle Assembly Building for its move to a processing hangar. [Photo: NASA]")
Shuttle Endeavour Milestones
| Feb.15, 1982 | Start structural assembly of Crew Module | |
| July 31, 1987 | Contract Award | |
| Sept.28, 1987 | Start structural assembly of aft-fuselage | |
| Dec.22, 1987 | Wings arrive at Palmdale, Calif. from Grumman | |
| Aug. 1, 1987 | Start of Final Assembly | |
| July 6, 1990 | Completed final assembly | |
| Apr. 25, 1991 | Rollout from Palmdale | |
| May 7, 1991 | Delivery to Kennedy Space Center | |
| Apr. 6, 1992 | Flight Readiness Firing | |
| May 7, 1992 | First Flight (STS-49) | |
| May 16, 2011 | Endeavour's Final Flight (STS-134) |
Final Stops for the Space Shuttles
- Atlantis: Kennedy Space Center
- Discovery: Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
- Endeavour: California Science Center, Los Angeles
- Enterprise: Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York City
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