Space Shuttle Endeavour in Los Angeles street - photo

[Jon]

Space Shuttle Endeavour in Los Angeles street. 2012.

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Previously:

NASA Mate/Demate device to lower space shuttle onto carrier aircraft - GIF and photo
Space shuttle toilet - photo
Machining a space shuttle main injector in 1977 - photo
Space shuttle thermal tile - GIF and video

[Frank S]

still looks like a flying brick

[DIYSwede]

Given the ablative ceramic insulating tiles on its underside, it was nicked "the Flying Brickyard".
And then again it's poor Lift/ Drag ratio deemed it "barely" flying.
Hat off to the staff who manned the thing, and put it down in "controlled crashes" each time.