Congresswoman Maxine Waters Celebrate Endeavour's Final Journey

Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-35) joined Inglewood's Mayor James Butts, the Inglewood City Council and Jeffrey Rudolph, CEO of the California Science Center for a viewing event of the space shuttle Endeavour. The shuttle arrived at the Forum in Inglewood on its second day of travel to its final destination at the California Science Center.

"This is a historic day in Inglewood and I am extremely proud to welcome the Endeavour to its new home in southern California. Since the passage of the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which created NASA in 1958, the United States federal government has played a pivotal role in the creation, funding, research, and development of both national and international space missions and programs.

"In an effort to continue our nation's commitment to space exploration and research, President Obama signed into law the NASA Authorization Act of 2010. This bill provides funding for NASA and its programs through fiscal year 2013. My colleagues in Congress and I passed this bill to ensure that a total of $58 billion in funding will go towards continuing NASA's overall growth in science, aeronautics and space technology."

Since its initial launch in May of 1992, the space shuttle Endeavour has embarked on 25 historic missions, traveled more than 122 million miles and spent 299 days in space before making its final 12-mile journey.