Endeavour on its 2011 piggyback ride from Edwards AFB back to Florida. (Flickr/Creative Commons)

The Los Angeles Times reported the shuttle rode piggyback on a modified Boeing 747 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Its next stop Thursday is Biggs Air Field in El Paso, followed by Edwards Air Force Base in California.

After a low flight over Sacramento, San Francisco and key parts of L.A., the shuttle will make its way to LAX, landing Friday. A United Airlines will serve as the temporary home until Oct. 12, when it starts a two-day drive through the streets of L.A. to the California Science Center in Exposition Park.

For more details on places to observe the shuttle's low flight, read the full story here, and more of Neon Tommy's Endeavour coverage here.

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