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The Space Shuttle Endeavour arrives at LAX.

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The Space Shuttle Endeavour flies aboard a 747 over the Palos Verdes peninsula, as seen from Del Cerro Park in Rancho Palos Verdes

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It flew close to my office in North San Jose yesterday (237 at N. First St.) and we had a great view. Channel 7 was live-streaming video and provide awesome views over Oakland, the Bay Bridge, the GG Bridge, the Western Addition, past San Bruno Mountain and down the Peninsula. I snagged a couple of screen shots before heading outside to watch. The live view wasn't great because we were over a mile away.

I remember watching the Shuttle program in development throughout college when I was in Mech Eng school. Dad had a subscription to Aviation Week and Popular Science ran great articles. I vividly remember the excitement of the atmospheric drop tests in 1977 and the goosebumps I had on the STS-1 launch in 1978.