The 122-foot-long-by-35-foot-tall space shuttle mockup, named the “Inspiration,” was transported via big rig in multiple parts 0.3 miles along Bellflower Boulevard from a city maintenance yard to a temporary housing location.

The 122-foot-long, 35-foot-tall mock-up space shuttle was built as a prototype and part of Rockwell International's successful bid to build NASA's shuttles.

The original full-size prototype design for the space shuttle will travel on a Downey street Thursday to its new temporary home. It looks like it could fly with its now-familiar design, but this model that never left Earth was built in 1972 as part of Rockwell International's successful bid to build NASA's shuttles.

The parts for a 1972 full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city block closer to being reassembled and restored for display. The City of Downey, California began relocating "Inspiration."

After sitting in storage for years, the first space shuttle ever built rolled through the streets of Downey on Thursday. The Inspiration shuttle was built in 1972 but it never went to space.