Endeavour

 

While Brian and I were walking on the beach in Carmel someone asked us if we were there to see Endeavour fly by for the last time. Umm...sure? Absolutely!  It took a little longer to fly by than we thought but boy was it amazing!  I'm so thankful we were able to see History in the making in such a gorgeous location. Awesome.

A few fun facts for the kiddos: 

Endeavour was built to replace Challenger and made its flying debut in 1992, six years after the launch accident. It performed the next-to-last shuttle mission in May and June 2011.
During its 25 missions, Endeavour logged 299 days in space and circled Earth 4,671 times. Total off-the-planet mileage: 122.8 million miles.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Correction-Space-Shuttle-Last-Stop-story-3863135.php#ixzz28C9CnQIp