Sept. 19, 2012
The space shuttle Endeavour rests atop a modified jumbo jet as it makes its departure from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Sept. 19, 2012
The space shuttle will make a stop in Houston, home to the Johnson Space Center, before heading to the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Houston had bid for one of the shuttles, but got a trainer instead.
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Sept. 19, 2012
Endeavour, seen here attached to a NASA modified 747 aircraft, was originally scheduled to leave on Monday, but it was delayed due to bad weather.
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Sept. 19, 2012
The space shuttle Endeavour leaves Kennedy Space Center for the last time. “You know what? I am feeling a tremendous amount of pride,” astronaut Kay Hire, who flew aboard Endeavour two years ago, told the Associated Press.
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Sept. 18, 2012
A worker at NASA's Kennedy Space Center photographs the Endeavour from the cockpit hatch of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
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Sept. 18, 2012
Space shuttle Endeavour, resting atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, is moved back into the Shuttle Mate-Demate Device at the Kennedy Space Center.
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Sept. 18, 2012
The Endeavour is placed atop NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft — a modified 747. Endeavour’s flight to California is the final flight for a space shuttle, with Atlantis staying on display at the Kennedy Space Center and Disovery at the Smithsonian Institution’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly.
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Sept. 18, 2012
Space shuttle Endeavour is seen atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at the Kennedy Space Center. NASA retired its shuttle fleet last summer.
Bill Ingalls / NASA
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