Space shuttle replica 'Explorer' finds new home
Updated: 2012-06-04 17:37
(Xinhua)
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Space Shuttle replica "Explorer" arrives at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston after the journey from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, June 3, 2012. |
HOUSTON - Space shuttle replica "Explorer" successfully moved into its new home, the Space Center Houston, on Sunday after a nearly six-hour journey.
Aboard a 144-wheel trailer, the 37-meter-tall artifact weighing some 59 tonnes began moving in the morning, and a lot of Houstonians lined the roadway to watch what called "a perfect and cool thing."
On Friday, the shuttle replica arrived in Houston's Clear Lake after a week-long trek from the Kennedy Space Center in the US state of Florida.
The shuttle replica's arrival was followed by a "Shuttlebration" at the Space Center Houston, which will offer viewing opportunities of the replica, NASA space exploration exhibits and other fun activities.
The board of Space Center Houston, which has reportedly launched a $3million-campaign, has decided to fund the transportation cost and underwrite the necessary facilities improvements for the new exhibits.
Built over the course of 13 months for $1.7 million, the shuttle replica was installed at Florida's Kennedy Space Center in November 1993.
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