After its dramatic flyover of California, the space shuttle Endeavour spent its first night in its temporary home at a United Airlines hangar at Los Angeles International Airport.Giant cranes plucked the space shuttle Endeavour from the back of a modified Boeing 747 overnight and gingerly attached it to a special transporter that will haul the spacecraft next month to its retirement home in South Los Angeles. InteractiveIt's wheels down one last time for Endeavour. Following a cross country trip that began three days ago in Florida, the iconic Space shuttle (the last to ever take flight) has landed at Los Angeles International Airport atop NASA'sPHOTOS: Space shuttle Endeavour arrives. "It was hard to see because of the sun, but it was amazing," Shelley Wade, 43, said Friday afternoon as the space shuttle Endeavour passed over Long Beach. "How often do you see a shuttle piggyback a plane?"It's wheels down one last time for Endeavour. Following a cross country trip that began three days ago in Florida, the iconic Space shuttle (the last to ever take flight) has landed at Los Angeles International Airport atop NASA's
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