🚀 This is not a movie scene.⁠ ⁠ In 2012, Space Shuttle Endeavour rolled through the streets of Los Angeles — 12 miles, 2 days, walking speed.⁠ ⁠ Trees were removed. Power lines lifted.⁠ The city literally moved out of the way for a legend. 🌆✨⁠ ⁠ Endeavour was one of NASA’s iconic orbiter spacecraft — a reusable spaceplane designed to carry astronauts and cargo to low Earth orbit and back.⁠ ⁠ A few key facts:⁠ ⁠ 🛠️ Built as a replacement for Challenger after the 1986 disaster⁠ 🧑‍🚀 First flew

How to land a huge 78,000 kilograms (172,000 lb) glider from space. There is no engines to go around. There is no missed approach. The Orbiter is about the size of an Airbus A320 During the final approach of the space shuttle, the commander steepens the angle of descent to minus 20 degrees (almost seven times steeper than the descent of a commercial airliner). When the orbiter is 2,000 ft (610 m) above the ground, the commander pulls up the nose to slow the rate of descent. The pilot deploys the