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Building the Space Shuttle Endeavour

By Miguel Contreras
November 11, 2011
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Feeling nostalgic for the old space shuttles? Watch the Endeavour being built in Palmdale.

Producer: Ashley Crary Editor: David Egen

With its final landing and subsequent decommission this past May, the historic Space Shuttle Endeavor will soon be en route back to its home state of California. Here is some detailed archival footage of Endeavour being built in the City of Palmdale, where it was completed and rolled out in 1991.

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