The California Science Center’s Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center project received a $25 million donation this week from aerospace leader Kent Kresa and the Kresa Family Foundation.
The gift comes as the science center prepares for the next stage of a complex, multi-phase process of assembling the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s 20-story vertical display. A pair of large solid rocket motors arrived on Oct. 11, and will be lifted into place in early November.
In September, the center announced a $25 million gift from Korean Air, and the latest donation means that $350 million has been raised toward the center’s $400 million EndeavourLA Campaign goal.
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