President Barack Obama and his family are set to attend the last launch of the space shuttle Endeavour, which is scheduled for 3:47 p.m. EDT April 29. Also expected, as she recovers from an assassination attempt, is Rep. Gabri-elle Giffords (D-Ariz.), whose husband Mark Kelly commands Endeavour's mission to the International Space Station. After Endeavour returns from its 14-day mission, it will be prepared for permanent display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles (see p. 26). Enterprise-an atmospheric test article that never flew to orbit-will be moved to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York from the suburban Virginia-based Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum.
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