SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Space shuttle Endeavour is swooping over Sacramento, making a low pass over the state Capitol as part of an aerial tour.
Thousands watched Friday from nearby rooftop buildings and along a bridge as the shuttle, strapped to the back of a modified jumbo jet, circled the city.
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It will buzz by landmarks in the San Francisco Bay area and Los Angeles before landing at the Los Angeles International Airport for a welcome ceremony.
Endeavour, which replaced the lost Challenger, flew 25 missions. It arrived at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert Thursday after a cross-country ferry flight that included a salute to its last commander, Mark Kelly, and his wife, former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
It’s set to retire at the California Science Center near downtown LA.
