Space Shuttle Endeavour's Last Flight - Sep 21,2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour was the fifth and final spaceworthy NASA space shuttle to be built, constructed as a replacement for Challenger, which was destroyed 73 seconds after its launch on January 28, 1986. Endeavour first flew in May 1992 on mission STS -49 and its last mission STS -134  was in May 2011

The US Congress authorized the construction of Endeavour in 1987 to replace Challenger, which was lost in the STS - 51-L launch accident  in 1986.

Endeavour was named through a national competition involving students in elementary and secondary schools.The orbiter is named after the British HMS Endeavour , the ship which took Captain James Cook  on his first voyage of discovery (1768–1771)
 Space shuttle Endeavour makes its final landing at the Los Angeles International Airport on Friday Sep 21,2012 

 Endeavour conducts a flyover before making its final touchdown at Los Angeles International Airport, on September 21, 2012

Space shuttle Endeavour passes over the Golden Gate Bridge before making its final landing in Los Angeles on Friday, September 21,2012

NASA's shuttle carrier aircraft lands with the space shuttle Endeavour at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Thursday, September 20,2012

Military personnel look at Endeavour atop the modified Boeing 747 at Edwards Air Force Base on Thursday Sep 20,2012

Space Shuttle Endeavour flies over the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday Sep 19,2012

  The Space Shuttle Endeavour, atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, flies over Houston, Texas, on September 19, 2012