The final stacking of Space Shuttle Endeavour

Space Shuttle Endeavour has achieved a historic milestone at the California Science Center. According to Adafruit Blog, the museum recently completed the complex process of stacking all of Endeavour's authentic components into a twenty-story vertical display—the first time this feat has been attempted outside of a NASA facility. The result: the only complete assembly of genuine space shuttle flight hardware on display anywhere but NASA itself. It's a remarkable achievement in aerospace preservation.

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