Space Shuttle Endeavour crisscrosses California skies in final flight Video

Video description: Throngs of people gathered in San Francisco to watch the Endeavour swoop over the Golden Gate Bridge atop a jumbo jet. A Los Angeles science museum will house the retired shuttle.

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