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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space Alliance technicians have completed spray painting simulated orbital maneuvering system, or OMS, pods onto space shuttle Endeavour. The work is part of Transition and Retirement of the remaining space shuttles, Endeavour and Atlantis. Endeavour is being prepared for public display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Its ferry flight to California is targeted for mid-September. Endeavour was the last space shuttle added to NASA’s orbiter fleet. Over the course of its 19-year career, Endeavour spent 299 days in space, traveled more than 122 million miles and carried 173 astronauts into space during 25 missions. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin