Endeavour's Southland tour is delayed by an hour

With the space shuttle Endeavour safely on the ground at Edwards Air Force Base, military family, friends and others get a look at the retired orbiter atop its transport plane. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times / September 20, 2012)

By Kate Mather and Ann M. Simmons, Los Angeles Times

September 20, 2012, 8:04 p.m.

With anticipation building for the space shuttle Endeavour's Southern California flyover, NASA officials are postponing the takeoff by one hour Friday morning because of fog in San Francisco.

The delay will "give us a better chance of having the fog burn off," NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center said in a tweet.

The new schedule calls for Endeavour to take off from Edwards Air Force Base in northern Los Angeles County at 8:15 a.m. instead of 7:15 a.m. That means Endeavour would fly over the Capitol in Sacramento at about 9:30 a.m. instead of 8:30 a.m., before flying over San Francisco and Monterey.

PHOTOS: Space shuttle Endeavour

The delay means the space shuttle would re-enter Los Angeles airspace around 11:30 a.m. and touching down about an hour later at Los Angeles International Airport.

Thousands are expected to watch the shuttle during its aerial tour of L.A. on Friday.

Endeavour will fly over the following landmarks:

Los Angeles City Hall.

The California Science Center near USC.

The Getty Center.

Griffith Observatory.

The Queen Mary.

The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.

Malibu, Venice and Huntington beaches.

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Ca?ada Flintridge.

Universal Studios.

Disneyland.

And barring any local weather issues, the view from the ground should be good. The shuttle will be flying as low as 1,500 feet above ground level.

FULL COVERAGE: Endeavour's final journey

The Griffith Observatory should be a popular spot to get a close-up glimpse and photographs of the shuttle with the city in the background.

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