Photos: Shuttle Endeavour's California Sightseeing Tour

Shuttle Endeavour Seen from Inglewood, CA #2

Bill Hood

Bill Hood caught the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with Endeavour from his vantage point on the roof of the Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood, CA, September 21, 2012.

Shuttle Endeavour Seen from Inglewood, CA #3

Bill Hood

Bill Hood caught the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with Endeavour from his vantage point on the roof of the Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood, CA, September 21, 2012.

Shuttle Endeavour Seen from Inglewood, CA #4

Bill Hood

Bill Hood caught the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft carrying Endeavour from the roof of the Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood, CA, September 21, 2012.

Shuttle Endeavour Seen from Inglewood, CA #5

Bill Hood

Bill Hood caught the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with Endeavour from his vantage point on the roof of the Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood, CA, September 21, 2012.

Endeavour over Silver Lake, Los Angeles

Seth Madej

SPACE.com reader Seth Madej sends in this photo of shuttle Endeavour passing over the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA, on September 21, 2012.

Endeavour over USC Campus

Sophie Stewart Madej

SPACE.com reader Sophie Stewart Madej sent in this photo of Endeavour flying over the campus of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, September 21, 2012. Endeavour's future home lies just south of USC at the California Science Center.

Shuttle Endeavour Over Long Beach, Calif.

Holly Holbrook

NASA's space shuttle Endeavour soars over Long Beach, Calif., on the way to a Los Angeles landing on Sept. 21, 2012 in this view by shuttle spotter Holly Holbrook. Endeavour landed in Los Angeles to end a 4.5-hour aerial tour of California. The shuttle will be placed on display at the California Science Center in L.A.

Shuttle Endeavour Over Irvine, Calif.

Melanie Janczak

Space shuttle Endeavour and its carrier aircraft fly over the UC Irvine Medical Center in Irvine, Calif., on Sept. 21, 2012, while en route to Los Angeles International Airport. Shuttle spotter Melanie Janczak took this photo from Irvine, Calif.

Endeavour over Burbank, CA

Heather Holbrook

SPACE.com reader Heather Holbrook sends in this photo of Endeavour flying over Burbank, CA, taken on September 21, 2012. Endeavour is heading to its final home, the California Science Center.

Endeavour over San Francisco's Chinatown

Amy Van Artsdalen

SPACE.com reader Amy Van Artsdalen sends in the photo taken on September 21, 2012, of shuttle Endeavour's flyover of San Francisco's Chinatown with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background.

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