Newsom to Attend Media Preview of California Science Center's New Air and Space Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Joins Conversation on California's Innovation Economy
California Governor Gavin Newsom will attend the media preview of the California Science Center's new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 28, and join the center's President and CEO Jeffrey Rudolph for a conversation on California's innovation economy and its tradition of aerospace innovation, the Governor's Office announced in an October 27 scheduling advisory.
The new center is a roughly 200,000-square-foot expansion of the California Science Center. Its centerpiece is the world's only complete, authentic space shuttle system displayed in launch position: the orbiter Endeavour will stand vertically in launch configuration together with its external tank and a pair of solid rocket boosters. The media preview is a key stop ahead of the center's public opening.
Endeavour was the last space shuttle orbiter built in the U.S. fleet. It arrived in Los Angeles after its retirement in 2012 and has been displayed at the California Science Center ever since; the new center will be its permanent home. California is a heartland of the U.S. aerospace industry, home to institutions and companies from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to numerous space firms — the backdrop for holding the conversation at the Science Center.
The conversation will be livestreamed on the Governor's official YouTube, Facebook, X and Instagram pages. GSM's Live channel will carry the talk tomorrow morning, and GSM will publish a full follow-up report after the remarks.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：洛杉矶博览会公园内的 Samuel Oschin 航空航天中心新馆外观，不锈钢曲面塔楼已经落成，背景为洛杉矶市中心天际线。该中心是「奋进号」航天飞机的永久展馆，定于11月13日向公众开放（加州科学中心官方照片）。/ Photo: Exterior of the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, its curvilinear stainless-steel tower completed, with the downtown Los Angeles skyline in the background. The center is the permanent home of Space Shuttle Endeavour and opens to the public on November 13. Photo: California Science Center.
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