Photos: External fuel tank to join Endeavour exhibit in L.A.

At the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Jason King of LA ProPoint weatherproofs the space shuttle external fuel tank for its trip to Los Angeles.

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March 3, 2016 2 AM PT

A giant, orange external fuel tank donated by NASA will be hauled through the streets of Los Angeles and Inglewood this spring -- after traveling by ocean barge through the Panama Canal.

The external fuel tank is called ET-94.

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Justin Levin with LA ProPoint hops out of the ET-94 before installing a weather cover over the hydrogen vent valve to protect the tank on its trip to L.A.

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Jason King, left, and Justin Levin with LA ProPoint install a weather cover over the hydrogen vent valve on the external fuel tank.

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Dennis Jenkins, project director for Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, works to prepare the external fuel tank for its trip west.

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Visitors fill the Samuel Oschin Pavilion to view the space shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center in Exposition Park.

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The space shuttle Endeavour makes a turn on to West Manchester Boulevard during its relocation in 2012.

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The space shuttle Endeavour crosses 48th Street in View Park as it travels down Crenshaw Blvd. on its final journey to California Science Center in 2012.

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The space shuttle Endeavour moves along West Manchester Boulevard in 2012.

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The space shuttle Endeavour, piggybacked atop a 747, flies over Los Angeles International Airport in 2012 before landing on its final leg of a cross-country journey.

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