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"Endeavour would still work, to fly today. "It was maybe two minutes longer, that whole process, and there was also a scene inside the 747 on its way to Vandenberg," he said, describing the cut scenes. The Endeavour transport scenes in "Moonfall" were originally intended to be a bit longer, but during editing, it was decided to "get to space sooner,"said Emmerich. Air Force to launch shuttles on dedicated missions for the Department of Defense. being recreated in Montreal and Endeavour inserted digitally.)Įndeavour is then shown being ferried atop a shuttle carrier aircraft and, finally, standing with two solid rocket boosters and an external tank on Space Launch Complex-6 (SLC-6, or "Slick-6"), a Vandenberg Space Force Base launch pad that was originally built (but never used) by the U.S. (The latter was achieved through a combination of practical effects and CGI, with the streets of L.A. Houseman (John Bradley) are shown entering Endeavour's display pavilion followed by the orbiter being transported down a street as moon-strewn debris is moved out of its way. In subsequent scenes, Fowler, Harper and K.C. NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour is retrieved from its display pavilion to be launched again in the new film "Moonfall." (Image credit: Lionsgate) this is a whole other level of insane," Harper responds. "The Endeavour is right here in L.A.," replies Fowler. "You know all of our shuttles are in museums." "How do you plan on getting up there?" ex-astronaut Brian Harper (actor Patrick Wilson) asks NASA executive and his former crew member Jocinda "Jo" Fowler (Halle Berry) in the movie. In "Moonfall," NASA has to find a way to send a crew to the moon after it exhausts its supply of more modern launch vehicles. The move was always considered a one-way trip. In 2012, the Endeavour captivated people across California as it flew past the Golden Gate Bridge and Hollywood sign atop a Boeing 747, before it underwent a three-day trek on land over the 405 Freeway and across the streets of Los Angeles and Inglewood to its home at the California Science Center.The real move of the space shuttle Endeavour, as seen in this 2012 photo, inspired scenes in the new movie "Moonfall." (Image credit: )Īs Emmerich recalls, having come out to see it for himself in 2012, the delivery of Endeavour involved a modified Boeing 747 jetliner ferrying the orbiter piggyback to Los Angeles International Airport and then a convoy towing the shuttle on a three-day journey through the streets of Los Angeles to retire on display at the California Science Center. The new location will give guests views from multiple platforms, including from beneath the orbiter’s three main engines as well as from above, looking through a glass floor directly at its nose.Įndeavour flew 25 missions, with its first mission in 1992 and its last in 2011. All four elements combined are called a shuttle’s full stack. The famed spacecraft that has been on horizontal display at the science center is in the process of moving to a permanent location in what will be the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, where the vehicle will be mounted in a vertical position, along with the solid rocket boosters and an orange external tank, making it look like it’s ready to launch. The space shuttle Endeavour began the first part of its journey to its final resting place Thursday, an effort more than a decade in the making after arriving at the California Science Center museum in 2012.