Endeavour's 12-Mile LA Move Becomes a 68-Hour Engineering Ordeal
Space shuttle Endeavour, weighing about 170,000 pounds, crawled 12 miles through Los Angeles on a specialized Over Land Transporter, taking 68 hours and never exceeding about 2 mph, with frequent pauses to trim trees, reroute utilities, and navigate tight clearances as planners aimed to place the orbiter at the California Science Center without damage.