Wayward tree branches and other obstacles caused small delays in the space shuttle Endeavour’s move from LAX to a Westchester shopping center parking lot, where it is now parked for nine hours.

The shuttle’s progress was delayed as emergency tree trimmers were called in to do some last-minute shearing. And a wayward pipe forced crews to do some quick slicing to keep the shuttle moving. By 5:45 a.m., Endeavour arrived at the parking lot, its first resting spot in a two-day, 12-mile journey to its retirement home at the California Science Center.

Read more in the LA Times.

Steve Gregory will be following the shuttle all day and will have updates for us!