Last external tank’s final journey

March 4, 2016March 3, 2016 0 Comments science, shuttle, Space

The last surviving space shuttle external fuel tank will soon be on a journey to its final resting place – the California Science Center in Los Angeles, California. Getting it there won’t be easy.

According to collectSPACE:

Over the course of the 135-mission, 30-year space shuttle program, 136 flight-qualified external tanks were produced at the Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana. Just one of those tanks, number 94, wasn’t launched and so still exists today to be put on display.

Trucks, barges and a lot of planning is needed for the move. Read more on the plan to get something that big (the ET measures 154 ft. long and 32 ft. wide) from Louisiana to California at collectSPACE.