The retired space shuttle Endeavour set off on Friday for a trip unlike any of its previous journeys, one in which it crawled through Los Angeles on the way to its new home, instead of hurtling through space.
The shuttle, which flew more than 115 million miles in its two-decade career, landed at LA international (LAX) airport three weeks ago piggy-backed on a specially-fitted 747.
Since then it has been in an airport hangar. But it was rolled out overnight for its final journey, which risked causing traffic chaos before it reaches its destination late Saturday.
After the space agency NASA brought an end to the 30-year shuttle program last year, major US cities battled for the right to house one of the craft.
Enterprise, the prototype that never flew into space, is now on permanent display on the runway of the Intrepid aircraft carrier in New York.
The Kennedy Space Centre will keep Atlantis, and Discovery is on display at a museum outside Washington.
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