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  2. Columbia Memorial Space Center - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, the first "Space Shuttle" – a wood and plastic full-scale mockup built by North American Rockwell in 1972 – was placed on temporary display at the center. [8] Dubbed the "Space Shuttle Inspiration", it was disassembled and stored in early 2014. [9] In front of the center, a dummy "boilerplate" Apollo command capsule, BP-12, is on ...

  3. Space Shuttle Inspiration - Wikipedia

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    Inspiration was housed in a tent outside the Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center in Downey, California. [7] Despite receiving a $3 million federal loan in May 2013 to build a community center to house the mockup, the Downey City Council voted to place Inspiration into storage until an executive director was hired to oversee the project.

  4. California Science Center - Wikipedia

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    On April 12, 2011, the California Science Center received Space Shuttle Endeavour from NASA. [23] [24] [25] It arrived at the Science Center on October 14, 2016, after it made its epic journey through the streets of Los Angeles. [26] Before its arrival, a building was constructed to temporary house the Space Shuttle.

  5. U.S. space exploration history on U.S. stamps - Wikipedia

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    This 'Space Achievements' issue depicts the Earth, Sun, Lunar Module, the Lunar Roving Vehicle and astronauts. Two 8-cent se-tenant stamps commemorating a decade of space achievements were placed on sale on August 2, 1971, at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and Houston, Texas. First day covers were postmarked at two different post offices ...

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  7. California Science Center starts complex process to display ...

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    A highly technical process began Thursday in Los Angeles to put NASA's retired Space Shuttle Endeavour on permanent display in the vertical launch position complete with external tank and two ...

  8. List of space artifacts in the Smithsonian Institution

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    Space Shuttle Discovery at the Udvar-Hazy Center in September 2012. The List of space artifacts in the Smithsonian Institution includes space artifacts exhibited in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, and the Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility. The Smithsonian ...

  9. List of Space Shuttle landing sites - Wikipedia

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    Edwards Air Force Base in California was the site of the first Space Shuttle landing, and became a back-up site to the prime landing location, the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center. Several runways are arrayed on the dry lakebed at Rogers Dry Lake, [6] and there are also concrete runways. Space shuttle landings on the lake ...