Pat Simpkins monitors the final power down of space shuttle Endeavour from the Firing Room 4 Integration Console in the Launch Control Center.

Pat Simpkins, director of Engineering for NASA at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, monitors the final power down of space shuttle Endeavour from the Firing Room 4 Integration Console in the Launch Control Center. The Integration Console manages all orbiter systems including those needed for shuttle power up and launch. Endeavour’s power down is under way in in Orbiter Processing Facility-2.

Endeavour is being prepared for public display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Its ferry flight to California is targeted for mid-September. Endeavour was the last space shuttle added to NASA’s orbiter fleet. Over the course of its 19-year career, Endeavour spent 299 days in space during 25 missions. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Tim Jacobs