ET-94 transport : May 2016

ET-94 is the last remaining flight-qualified Space Shuttle External Tank. After the Columbia accident, it was used as a test article in support of the shuttle program. It was shipped by barge from the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, through the Panama Canal, to Los Angeles, with a customs stop in San Diego. It will be displayed at the California Science Center with the Endeavour, in a vertical launch configuration.

May 15: From the air

From about 1500' overhead, while berthed at the 10th Street Terminal. They had arrived overnight.

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May 15: From the sea

A friend of mine took us out on a sailboat and we came right up alongside!

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May 15: From the land

Observation pier at Cesar Chavez Park

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May 17: 11AM About 10 miles off La Jolla

I had intended to watch ET-94 sail out through Point Loma, but they sailed earlier than I expected and were already out to sea...

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May 17: 7:30PM near Santa Catalina Island

Because the end of every story needs a sunset photo...

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May 21: 5PM over Los Angeles

I was back for an aerial look at the actual transport through the city, this from 10500' over the city.

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