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== Legacy == [[File:The SpaceX Crew Dragon approaches the International Space Station (iss063e021463).jpg|thumb|240px|[[Crew Dragon Endeavour|Crew Dragon C206 ''Endeavour'']] was named by [[Doug Hurley]] and [[Bob Behnken]] as a tribute to the Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''.]]Following their May 30, 2020, launch on board the [[SpaceX]] [[Crew Dragon Demo-2]] vehicle, the crew announced in orbit that they had named their spacecraft ''[[Crew Dragon Endeavour|Endeavour]]''. Astronauts [[Bob Behnken]] and [[Doug Hurley]] said the name has a dual meaning: first, after the "incredible endeavor" put forth by SpaceX and NASA after the [[Space Shuttle retirement|retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet in 2011]]; and second, because both Hurley and Behnken each flew their first flight aboard the shuttle ''Endeavour'' (Behnken on [[STS-123]], Hurley on [[STS-127]]) and wanted to name this new spacecraft after the one that took each of them into space.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boyle |first=Alan |title=Crew Dragon's astronauts give their SpaceX spaceship a storied name: Endeavour |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2020/crew-dragons-astronauts-give-spacex-capsule-storied-name-endeavour/ |access-date=May 30, 2020 |website=GeekWire}}</ref> The shuttle appeared in the 2022 films ''[[Moonfall (film)|Moonfall]]'' and ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe]]''. === Replica === A replica of a section of ''Endeavour'' is on exhibit outside the [[Discovery Cube Orange County]], a science museum in [[Santa Ana, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Larry |date=June 2, 2005 |title=Have Shuttle, Will Travel: Endeavour Takes Shape at Discovery Science Center |url=https://www.space.com/1158-shuttle-travel-endeavour-takes-shape-discovery-science-center.html |access-date=November 3, 2022 |website=Space.com |language=en}}</ref>
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