Space shuttle Endeavour
The space shuttle Endeavour is being transported from LAX to the California Science Center. Crowds are snapping pictures of Endeavor, eager to capture a historic moment as the space shuttle moves through the city at a top speed of 2 mph. It is now the new star in LA moving at a slow pace which is a far cry from the way it used to hurtle through space.
It really seems to make for an out of this world sight. This transport of Endeavour is a huge project costing $10 million with roads and underground utilities being modified to withstand its weight. Everything about Endeavour’s journey has been a once in a lifetime sight starting from its hop-scotch across the country on a Boeing 747 that looked so peculiar.
House- size asteroid
An asteroid the size of a house zipped past the Earth on Friday and it was closer to this planet than the moon. Asteroids have given astronomers enormous insights about our Solar System and this one will be no different. They are also the destroyers of life on Earth and this is the reason why sky watchers keep a look out for them.
55 Cancri
A super-Earth planet that hurtles around its star is thought to have a pure diamond makeup despite its temperature estimated at about 3,900 degrees Fahrenheit because of its proximity to the sun-like star. The planet, 55 Cancri, is in the constellation of Cancer and in the night sky it is visible to the naked eye.