By Alicia Chang Associated Press Comments Hans Rijpkema, 44, with daughter Aletta, 2, gets a picture taken in front of space shuttle Endeavour in Westchester, Calif., Friday. (Irfan Khan / MCT) Los Angeles â€" It's a surreal sight residents won't soon forget: A hulking space shuttle strutting down city streets, pausing every so often to get its bearings as it creeps toward retirement. Endeavour's terrestrial journey began before dawn Friday when it departed from the Los Angeles International Airport, rolling on a 160-wheeled carrier past diamond-shaped "Shuttle Xing" signs. Hundreds of camera-toting spectators, some with pajama-clad children in tow, gaped as the 170,000-pound Endeavour...
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