Technicians prepare space shuttle Endeavour so the forward reaction control system FRCS can be lifted and installed.

In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians prepare space shuttle Endeavour so that the forward reaction control system (FRCS) can be lifted and installed.

The work is part of the Space Shuttle Program transition and retirement processing of Endeavour. The FRCS helped maneuver a shuttle while it was in orbit. The FRCS was removed from Endeavour and sent to White Sands Test Facility in N.M. to be cleaned of its toxic propellants. Endeavour is being prepared for display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis