![]() All Tundra trucks are produced exclusively at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas in San Antonio. The model selected was a stock 2012 Tundra CrewMax 4x4 with Toyota's 5.7-liter iForce V8, producing 381 horsepower. "We've partnered with the California Science Center since the early '90s as part of our ongoing commitment to inspiring youth in the fields of engineering, innovation and future technology, and we are honored to lend our support for this historic event," said Michael Rouse, vice president of community affairs and philanthropy for Toyota. Toyota did extensive testing and worked with the Sarens Group, a heavy lifting and engineering transport company, to develop a dolly to move the Endeavour over the bridge. The Tundra assisted in the transport of the Endeavour as it journeyed over the Manchester Boulevard Bridge-an area that required a lighter tow mechanism than other portions of the route for weight distribution purposes. ![]() The shuttle's 12-mile route over city streets to its new home at the California Science Center includes one passage over the 405 Freeway. The tow was a result of a 20-year partnership between Toyota and the California Science Center to raise awareness of the space program and continue public education through exhibits and events. 13, 2012) – A Toyota Tundra half-ton pickup truck without any special modifications successfully towed the 150,000 pound space shuttle Endeavour across a bridge spanning the nation's busiest freeway on Friday night, Oct. Toyota Tundra Tows Space Shuttle Endeavour Broll (Video) For the first 10,000 "re-tweets" the site registers, Toyota will donate $50 to the California Science Center to support building the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, the permanent home for the space shuttle Endeavour.Toyota Tundra Makes History Towing Space IconĪmerican-made Truck Successfully Assists Transport of Endeavour Space Shuttle Across Manchester Bridge Visitors to the site can share content, sign up for email alerts and use Twitter to the spread word about the Tundra's role in Endeavour's delivery. The special website will debut on Monday, the same day Endeavour is scheduled to depart Florida for Los Angeles. To further support the move, Toyota has developed a host of online resources and activities that provide behind-the-scenes videos, photos, activities for children and details about the Tundra Endeavour project. The Tundra used to tow Endeavour will replace the Tundra now on exhibit and will be on display after the shuttle pavilion opens on Oct. Toyota currently has a Tundra truck on display at the science center in an exhibit demonstrating the physics of leverage. Toyota's participation transporting the shuttle continues a partnership between Toyota Motor Sales and the California Science Center to provide support and awareness of the space program and education of the public through exhibits and programs. Capable of moving sideways or spinning in place, these vehicles will enable precision maneuverability as the shuttle rolls past buildings, utility poles and trees. These modular movers are computer controlled an operator walking with the shuttle will steer all four of the vehicles using a single joystick. ![]() ![]() assembly plant to the nearby Air Force base where they were mounted atop the SCA and flown to Florida to be launched.įor the majority of Endeavour's parade through the streets of Inglewood and Los Angeles, its transport will be driven by four self-propelled, multi-axle vehicles. Once on the ground at LAX, Endeavour will be hoisted off its carrier aircraft and then lowered onto a modified NASA overland transporter originally used to move the shuttles from their Palmdale, Calif. The public will be able to watch as the Toyota Tundra tows the shuttle the final way to its new temporary home, the center's Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion, which will mark the finale of the orbiter's cross-country and cross-cities voyage. 12-13 road trip.Īt the end of Endeavour's journey from LAX to the science center, a "finish-line" celebration at Exposition Park is planned for the evening of Oct. NASA and the California Science Center will then spend a few weeks readying Endeavour for its Oct. The three-day ferry flight is scheduled to arrive in L.A. On Friday, NASA hoisted Endeavour atop its modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to LAX. ![]()
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