Overview
- California Science Center opened the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center to the public on Friday, November 13, 2026, with a 10:00 a.m. ribbon-cutting that followed a morning grand-opening program.
- Space Shuttle Endeavour is installed upright in a nearly 200-foot launch configuration with its original external tank and solid rocket boosters, creating what the museum calls the only complete shuttle stack on public display.
- The new wing nearly doubles the museum’s exhibit space and houses three multilevel galleries — the Samuel Oschin Shuttle Gallery, the Korean Air Aviation Gallery, and the Kent Kresa Space Gallery — with about 100 aerospace artifacts and 100 hands-on exhibits.
- Visitors can ride a 140-foot elevator to a glass-floor observation platform above the orbiter, try a shuttle landing simulator, sit in a replica flight deck, and use slides and interactive displays designed to teach engineering and spaceflight concepts.
- Admission to the Science Center and the new air-and-space wing is free but requires timed reservations during the opening period, with a $4 online service fee for non-members and same-day in-person entry available for members or when space allows; the center expects the exhibit to drive tourism and expanded STEM outreach in Los Angeles.