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California Science Center Has Only Half the Money It Needs to Display Space Shuttle Endeavour

When Mayor Villaraigosa told Angelenos, "Moving the Endeavour will be a marvel of wonder and ingenuity," he wasn't kidding. And all that ingenuity -- and jet fuel, and tree trimming, and overtime paid to police and engineers -- didn't come cheap. Back in 2011, the California Science Center began ... More >>

Space Shuttle Endeavour is Home: PHOTOS

In laid-back, SoCal style, the space shuttle Endeavour was more than fashionably late to its final home, the California Science Center, but people along its 12-mile route from LAX to Exposition Park didn't seem to mind the extra viewing time. The Endeavour got to its destination today at 1:10 p.m. ... More >>

Endeavour's Tree-Chopping Truth: Readers Weigh In

Five Space Shuttle Endeavour Disaster Scenarios

The Endeavour is scheduled to begin it's excruciatingly slow steamroll through South Los Angeles tomorrow afternoon... but the move will likely be delayed if rain remains in the forecast. (The shuttle's fragile tiles absorb water like little sponges, adding to the shuttle's already considerable 170, ... More >>

Endeavour's Road Trip to California Science Center Expected to Draw Masses to L.A. Streets

You thought Endeavor fever was over once the retired space shuttle hit the ground at LAX following its amazing flyover last month. You're wrong. The fever has only begun. Because L.A. will get an even closer look at the shuttle next week. That's way cool, except that the cops are worried too many ... More >>

Endeavour's Tree-Killing Debut

Steve Soboroff falsely said the chopped trees were dying, sick

Endeavour Delay For Los Angeles Flyover Means Hour Later Showtime

The Endeavour show over the skies of Los Angeles will be delayed by more than an hour this morning. The Los Angeles Police Department says that instead of the original 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. window, with an 11 landing time at LAX, the space shuttle will get a piggy back ride above Los Angeles more than ... More >>

Space Shuttle Endeavour Flyover Photos: Los Angeles Gets An Eyeful

Rarely have so many Angelenos bothered to look to the skies for a situation not involving an LAPD helicopter or Kobe Bryant. Shortly before noon the space shuttle Endeavour made its final flight before lading at LAX and heading for a few weeks of storage ahead of its debut as an exhibit at the Calif ... More >>

Endeavour Flyover List Includes Disneyland, Getty Museum, Universal Studios

The LAPD really thinks you're retarded. Here's your chance to prove the department wrong. You see, L.A. police officials are afraid that you'll be so wowed by the site of retired Space Shuttle Endeavour cruising above town on a 747 that you'll take your eyes off the road and crash your car Friday m ... More >>

Space Shuttle Endeavour: Why Isn't the California Science Center Conducting an EIR Before Cutting Down 265 Trees?

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires that any project which "may have a significant effect on the environment" be prefaced by an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) -- an often lengthy document investigating the project's possible effects on both the natural environment on the urba ... More >>

Los Angeles, Inglewood Officials to Sacrifice 400 'Majestic' Trees in Way of Space Shuttle Endeavour

"Space exploration events are like the Olympics; everyone just feels good," Inglewood Mayor James Butts said at a triumphant press conference on the September 20 arrival of the space shuttle Endeavour. And the spacecraft's 12-mile trip from LAX to the California Science Center on October 13, added ... More >>

Space Shuttle Endeavor's Route Through L.A: LAX to Manchester to Crenshaw to the Science Center (Where It Belongs)

The nation's most glamorous space shuttle is coming home! California Science Center President Jeffrey Rudolph just announced that the Endeavor, a gorgeous Palmdale native with a 78-foot wingspan, will be returning to its area of birth on September 20, barring weather or other issues. To give Endeav ... More >>

IMAX or Lie-MAX? Where to Actually See The Dark Knight Rises on the Biggest Screen Possible

The good news is that we have two legit IMAX locations to choose from (three if you count the California Science Center, which specializes in nature documentaries and the like): Universal CityWalk and Where to Eat Near the Natural History Museum's new Dinosaur Hall

Kathy A. McDonaldA T. rex is poised to munch out at the Natural History Museum's new Dinosaur Hall​ Three Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons are posed dynamically, hovering over a skeletal carcass -- this is the dramatic centerpiece of the Natural History Museum of L.A. County's new Dinosaur Hall, wh ... More >>

Welcome Back to Earth, Space Shuttle Endeavor! Next Stop: Los Angeles (VIDEO)

Space Shuttle Endeavor -- soon to be horizontal, en route to LAX.​We, along with Tucson massacre survivor Gabrielle Giffords, were relieved to see NASA's shuttle Endeavor make a safe landing in Florida just after midnight. (Video evidence after the jump.) Hats off to Mark Kelly, Giffords' loya ... More >>

Endeavor Space Shuttle to Get Permanent Home at California Science Center in Exposition Park, NASA Says

NASAEndeavor.​Updated after the jump with reaction from Exposition Park-area county leader Mark Ridley-Thomas. As NASA retires its space shuttle program, L.A. will get a piece of that history -- permanently. The space agency announced today that the California Science Center in Exposition Pa ... More >>

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California Science Center Welcomes 100,000th Guest for 'Mummies of the World' Exhibition

Check out more of Christopher Victorio's photos in "Mummies of the World @ California Science Center." California Science Center welcomed its 100,000th guest for the "Mummies of the World" exhibition on Thursday, according to a recent press release. The guest who helped the museum reach this milest ... More >>

'Mummies of the World' Opens at California Science Center

See more photos in "Mummies of the World @ California Science Center." On July 1, "Mummies of the World" opened at the California Science Center in Exhibition Park. The exhibit, which brings together both natural and intentional mummies of humans and animals from across the globe, is both a display ... More >>

California Science Center Prepares for "Mummies of the World"

On July 1, California Science Center will unveil an unprecedented collection of forty-five mummies and ninety-five related artifacts. The exhibit, "Mummies of the World," will feature both natural and intentional mummies hailing from collections in fifteen different museums and seven different count ... More >>

Get Equal Interrupts, Annoys Obama at L.A. Fund Raiser

Five members of Get Equal, a newly-established grassroots gay rights group based in California, interrupted and annoyed President Barack Obama as he spoke at a Democratic fund raiser for Senator Barbara Boxer at the California Science Center in Los Angeles last night.Patrick Range McDonaldGet Equal ... More >>

President Obama In L.A. Monday For Boxer Fundraiser

​President Barack Obama will be in Los Angeles Monday afternoon to boost the profile of a fundraiser for fellow Democrat Barbara Boxer, who is running for reelection to the U.S. Senate. Obama will be at the California Science Center at 700 Exposition Park Drive, said Boxer spokeswoman Sheila ... More >>

Eat With The President: Your $17,600 Dinner

If you want to have dinner with President Obama tonight, it'll cost you $17,600. The president, in town today (your Presidential Sigalert: Air Force One to LAX, chopper to California Science Center, flying back to DC tomorrow) to speak at fundraisers for the Democratic National Committee and for Sen ... More >>

California Science Center Sued For Refusing To Screen Anti-Darwin Film

California Science Center​The California Science Center in Exposition Park is being sued after it pulled out of a deal to screen a documentary that question's Darwin's theory of evolution. The center shelved the screening after a pro-intelligent design group issued a press release promoting th ... More >>

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Get Your Crime on at CSI: The Experience, California Science Center

Adam GropmanCSI Exhibit: Notice the ripped headshot. Maybe her career was dead long before she was? By Adam Gropman As a kid I watched the TV show Quincy, Medical Examiner and really wanted to be a coroner - the special kind of doctor that wears a white lab coat and goggles, cuts open dead bodies an ... More >>

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