![]() ![]() For the first 10,000 "re-tweets" the site registers, Toyota will donate $50 to the California Science Center to support building the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, the permanent home for the space shuttle Endeavour. Visitors to the site can share content, sign up for email alerts and use Twitter to the spread word about the Tundra's role in Endeavour's delivery. The special website will debut on Monday, the same day Endeavour is scheduled to depart Florida for Los Angeles. To further support the move, Toyota has developed a host of online resources and activities that provide behind-the-scenes videos, photos, activities for children and details about the Tundra Endeavour project. The Tundra used to tow Endeavour will replace the Tundra now on exhibit and will be on display after the shuttle pavilion opens on Oct. The Tundra pulled the 150k lbs space shuttle Endeavour across the Manchester Boulevard Bridge, which spans the 405 in L.A. Toyota currently has a Tundra truck on display at the science center in an exhibit demonstrating the physics of leverage. A bone-stock Toyota Tundra was used to tow the 150k pound space shuttle Endeavour across LA’s highway 405. Toyota's participation transporting the shuttle continues a partnership between Toyota Motor Sales and the California Science Center to provide support and awareness of the space program and education of the public through exhibits and programs. Capable of moving sideways or spinning in place, these vehicles will enable precision maneuverability as the shuttle rolls past buildings, utility poles and trees. These modular movers are computer controlled an operator walking with the shuttle will steer all four of the vehicles using a single joystick. assembly plant to the nearby Air Force base where they were mounted atop the SCA and flown to Florida to be launched.įor the majority of Endeavour's parade through the streets of Inglewood and Los Angeles, its transport will be driven by four self-propelled, multi-axle vehicles. Once on the ground at LAX, Endeavour will be hoisted off its carrier aircraft and then lowered onto a modified NASA overland transporter originally used to move the shuttles from their Palmdale, Calif. The public will be able to watch as the Toyota Tundra tows the shuttle the final way to its new temporary home, the center's Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion, which will mark the finale of the orbiter's cross-country and cross-cities voyage. 12-13 road trip.Īt the end of Endeavour's journey from LAX to the science center, a "finish-line" celebration at Exposition Park is planned for the evening of Oct. NASA and the California Science Center will then spend a few weeks readying Endeavour for its Oct. The three-day ferry flight is scheduled to arrive in L.A. So, as many of you likely know, Toyota is planning to tow the Endeavour for the last portion of its. “The entire journey is something the world will be watching, and gives us a chance to prove that the ‘overbuilt’ Tundra is built to do any job – even tow the space shuttle.On Friday, NASA hoisted Endeavour atop its modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to LAX. space program’s success than the shuttle, and to have it towed by the Toyota Tundra is not only an incredible example of the capabilities of the truck, but an honor to be part of history,” said Ed Laukes, TMS vice president of marketing communications. “There is no larger or more recognizable icon of the U.S. ![]() There will also be a finish line celebration at Exposition Park on the evening of the 13th as the shuttle arrives at the Science Center. Don’t worry though, the Japanese automaker has already done extensive testing with The Sarens Group to develop a dolly specifically to haul the Endeavour.Īfter the Tundra does its job of towing the Endeavour to the Science Center, it will be on display once the Endeavour exhibit opens on October 30th, 2012. ![]() A factory, stock 2012 Tundra CrewMax 1/2-ton pickup will be tasked with the job, powered by a 5.7-liter V8 engine with a maximum towing capacity of 10,000 lbs. The event will take place on October 13th, 2012 when the shuttle will travel a total of 12 miles from Los Angeles International Airport to the Science Center, and the Tundra will be towing the 300,000-lb shuttle for the last quarter mile of its trip. As the space shuttle Endeavour nears its final resting place at the California Science Center, a Toyota Tundra full-size pickup truck will be responsible for towing it on the shuttle’s last leg of its journey. ![]()
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