People stand along Aviation Boulevard as the space shuttle Endeavour lands at LAX.

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People on a roof watch as the nose of the space shuttle Endeavour approaches them on Manchester.

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A pair of paragliders get a unique view of the space shuttle Endeavour as it flies over the Santa Monica Pier.

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Space shuttle Endeavour passes the Hollywood sign.

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Crowds at Sepulveda and Lincoln boulevards cheer the arrival of space shuttle Endeavour as it nears its landing at LAX.

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Endeavour passes by the Proud Bird restaurant before landing at LAX.

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Endeavour passes by the Proud Bird restaurant before landing at LAX.

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The space shuttle Endeavour arrives at the United Airlines hangar at Los Angeles International Airport.

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Los Angeles — A crew member raises a flag from the cockpit of the NASA Boeing 747 as it taxis with the space shuttle Endeavour riding piggy-back after landing for a welcoming ceremony at Los Angeles International Airport.

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Tanya Isaacson, 37, and her one year old son Cameron Jimenez sit on a traffic signal pole to get their picture taken in front of space shuttle Endeavour in Westchester.

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Colin Sevely-Ortiz, 12, left, and Brandon Taylor, 12, of Hermosa Beach, enjoy their trip to Westchester to look at space shuttle parked in a Westchester shopping center.

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People crowd in front of the space shuttle Endeavour parked in a Westchester shopping center.

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Joseph Duffield, of Venice, seems to hold up the space shuttle Endeavour as it sits in a parking lot in Westchester.

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Pedestrians line the street on La Tijera Avenue as the space shuttle Endeavour passes by.

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Quiznos customers eat lunch as onlookers get a glimpse of the shuttle Endeavour as it sits in the parking lot.

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Inglewood — The space shuttle Endeavour passes spectators along West Manchester Blvd. as it nears the 405 freeway on Friday.

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The space shuttle Endeavour is taken down Manchester Blvd. at Glasgow Ave. past cheering crowds on Friday.

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Southern California Edison crews lifted power lines for the space shuttle Endeavour to pass beneath.

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Aerial view of the space shuttle Endeavour as it makes its way down Manchester Boulevard.

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Just before midnight Friday, the space shuttle Endeavour is pulled along Manchester Blvd. and over the freeway 405 freeway by a Toyota pickup truck. The filmed stunt enabled the automobile company to promote its investment in the California Science Center where the shuttle will be on permanent exhibit.

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The Space shuttle Endeavour is towed by a Toyota Tundra pickup across the 405 Freeway on the Manchester Blvd. bridge Friday, Oct. 12. Traffic was temporarily halted in both directions of the 405 Freeway for safety reasons.

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From the roof of her parents' car, Marisa London snaps a picture of herself and Endeavour as the huge spacecraft passes 73rd Street and Crenshaw Blvd.

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Cmdr. Lucas Ferrer, 4, of La Mirada looks out through his space helmet at Endeavour at the intersection of Manchester Boulevard and Crenshaw Drive.

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The Inglewood High School marching band performs during the shuttle's stop at the Forum.

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Veteran Sharon Landers cries as the shuttle Endeavour moves along Crenshaw Blvd.

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The space shuttle Endeavour travels north on Crenshaw approaching Florence Avenue en route to the California Science Center.

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Spectators view Endeavour from a roof in the tree-filled neighborhood along Crenshaw Drive.

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One of the shuttle transport drivers keeps a sharp eye on just how close Endeavour comes to clearing a eucalyptus tree on Manchester Blvd.

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A crew member carefully guide the shuttle Endeavour past a tree along Crenshaw Drive in Inglewood.

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The show must go on even without the shuttle as acrobats dressed in space suits perform for the crowd waiting for Endeavour at Crenshaw and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvds.

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The space shuttle Endeavour is illuminated under a night sky as it moves slowly through the Crenshaw district on its way to the California Science Center on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012.

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A spectator takes pictures from Inglewood Park Cemetery as the space shuttle Endeavour stops at the Forum in Inglewood.

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Alexander Narciso's friends and family watch Endeavour pass by his window.

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Space shuttle Endeavour passes a car wash on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on the last leg of its journey to the California Science Center.

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Inglewood — –Fred Johnson plays the sax as the Endeavour moves along Crenshaw Drive in Inglewood.

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Traymond Harris, left, and Ryan Hudge play basketball as the space shuttle Endeavour passes by on Crenshaw Avenue in Inglewood.

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People stand on rooftops to get a better look at Endeavour on its way to the California Science Center.

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Mukosolu Onwughalu cheers with her daughter Uju, 5, on her shoulders as Endeavour makes its way toward the California Science Center on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012.

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People in cherry pickers take photos of the space shuttle Endeavour as it moves along Crenshaw Drive in Inglewood.

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Dave Velazquez and Jennifer Barrera take a picture as the shuttle Endeavour moves along Crenshaw Blvd.

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Spectators take pictures of Endeavour as it moves along Crenshaw Blvd. in Los Angeles on Saturday.

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