EXPLORATION

CHAPTER 6
Back to the Future, 1992–Today
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FIGURE 6-23.
Space Shuttle Endeavour and the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft land at the
Los Angeles International Airport on 12 September 2012, in preparation
for entry into a museum display. Endeavour carried its meatball insignia
into retirement and is on public display at the California Science Center
in Los Angeles. (NASA ED12-0317-063)
FIGURE 6-24.
Shuttle Atlantis was the last to fly before the fleet was retired. It is on
display at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex at Cape
Canaveral, Florida. The open cargo bay doors obscure the meatball on
the rear fuselage, but the insignia can be seen on the upper left wing.
(NASA KSC 2013-2934)