Founding head of MC2 STEM High School Jeffrey McClellan talks during the NASA Future Forum Inspiration and Education Panel at The Ohio State University on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio. The NASA Future Forum features panel discussions on the importance of education to our nation's future in space, the benefit of commercialized space technology to our economy and lives here on Earth, and the shifting roles for the public, commercial and international communities in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA and contractor engineers are on hand at the Firing Room 4 Integration Console as operations to power down space shuttle Endeavour for the final time are under way in Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Standing, from left, are John Apfelbaum, Jeff Wheeler, Bob Walker and Michael Ciannilli of NASA. Seated, from left, are former United Space Alliance test project engineer Greg Koch, Debbie Awtonomow of NASA, and John McClellan of United Space Alliance. The Integration Console manages all orbiter systems including those needed for shuttle power up and launch. Endeavour is being prepared for public display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Its ferry flight to California is targeted for mid-September. Endeavour was the last space shuttle added to NASA’s orbiter fleet. Over the course of its 19-year career, Endeavour spent 299 days in space during 25 missions. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Tim Jacobs