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May 12, 2008

California Officials Start Push To Develop Museum Near Edwards AFB

Group Aims For Space Shuttle Display After 2010 Retirement

The Antelope Valley, home of Edwards Air Force Base and the Lockheed "Skunk Works", is considered by many to be the birthplace of modern US experimental jet aviation and space travel. Since the end of World War II, the area has seen many X-planes of various shapes and sizes take flight over its desert landscape and local officials are aiming to consolidate that history and attract one of its most famous products, a space shuttle orbiter, back to its birthplace after retirement.

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