The Space Shuttle Endeavour's Final Ride
On Friday, October 12, 2012, an unmodified, San Antonio-built Toyota Tundra Crew-Max pulled the Space Shuttle Endeavour, on top of a special light towing dolly, across the Manchester Boulevard Bridge (which runs across Interstate 405). This was an especially delicate maneuver during roughly the second half of the retired orbiter's journey to the California Science Center, because of the size of the spacecraft (tonnage, wingspan, height of the tail, the available clearance, etc.) Toyota also used this opportunity to film a commercial that will most likely air during the 2013 Super Bowl.
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