A replica space shuttle which has been on display above the SpacePort learning centre for the last 14 years is set to blast off from its current home en route to a science centre in the United States.
NASA originally loaned the replica of the Orbiter space shuttle to the airport in 2000. During its time in Calgary, millions of visitors, including students enrolled in the SpacePort school program, have gazed up at the quarter-scale model.
The original, full-sized, Orbiter was built by NASA for vibration and wind-tunnel testing.
The Orbiter replica is scheduled to depart YYC on Thursday evening. The space shuttle will leave the terminal through the viewing area glass in Banff Hall.
The space shuttle is set to touch down at its new home in the Coca-Cola Science Center on the Columbus State University campus in Columbus, Georgia.
