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Here’s the schedule for the shuttle tank’s final journey

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The space shuttle giant orange fuel tank -- the last of its kind -- will begin its final move across L.A. to its new museum home Saturday.

There will be rolling closures as the tank -- 15 stories long -- moves at 5 mph. Here's the itinerary:

12:01 a.m.: Tank leaves Marina del Rey

6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.: Tank crosses Sepulveda Boulevard near Los Angeles International Airport

8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.: Just east of the 405 Freeway, tank is on Arbor Vitae Street at Inglewood Avenue

2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.: In South L.A., tank turns left from Manchester Avenue to Vermont Avenue

6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Tank turns right from Vermont Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard

 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.: Tank arrives in Exposition Park, home of the California Science Center 

The hashtag for the journey is #ETComesHome .

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