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Is space shuttle Endeavour worth hundreds of millions of dollars to L.A.?

After its final flight later this month, space shuttle Endeavour will move to Los Angeles, where students and space fans will get to 'actually stand next to' a real spacecraft.
NASA space shuttle: Coming to a city near you?

For three years, 29 institutions competed for a (very large) piece of NASA history. On Tuesday, Charles Bolden, administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, named the four cities that will house the space shuttles Atlantis, Discovery, Endeavour, and Enterprise. To make it to their new homes, the vehicles will hitch rides on the backs of 747 jumbo jets. Each institution will pay $29 million to cover the space shuttle preparation and transportation costs. Here are the cities that won.
Yuri Gagarin, Space Shuttle anniversaries celebrated on ISS

Yuri Gagarin and the Space Shuttle: Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of man's first journey into space and the 30th anniversary of the first space shuttle launch.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Auroras
Final shuttle launch for Discovery: Was shuttle program worth it?

For 30 years, the space shuttle launch has served as the centerpiece of the US space program. But Feb. 24 will mark the last shuttle launch of Discovery, with the final flight of Endeavour to follow in April and – if there's enough money – Atlantis's last flight of the entire program in June. Here are five questions about what the shuttles have – and haven't – accomplished.
In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Space Robots
Mark Kelly hopes wife Gabrielle Giffords will attend shuttle launch

Astronaut Mark Kelly announces he will resume training for his last shuttle mission, something he had originally thought unlikely after his wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was shot Jan. 8
Astronaut Mark Kelly flying on a wing and a prayer

Astronaut Mark Kelly, who will command the space shuttle Endeavour after all, delivered a powerful message at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday. He said something good can come of the Tucson shootings and his wife's struggle for recovery. That's true in Tucson and...in Egypt.
In Pictures: Space Photos of the Day: Earth from Above II
Gabrielle Giffords: Husband to decide on space shuttle mission next month

Gabrielle Giffords' husband, who was training for an April space shuttle mission when she was shot, is expected to make a decision about that mission by the middle of next month. Mark Kelly is currently with his wife Gabrielle Giffords in Houston, where she is undergoing rehabilitation.
In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Coming home
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Shuttle Discovery mission is a 'go' again; NASA solves puzzle of cracks

NASA says engineers have solved the mystery of cracks that formed in structural supports outside the external fuel tank. Shuttle Discovery's final mission could be as soon as Feb. 24.
In Pictures: Space Photos of the Day: Blast off
Arizona shooting: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords hit at meeting with constituents

An Arizona shooting critically injured US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) and left an aide, a 9-year-old child, a federal judge, and at least two others dead, law-enforcement officials say.
In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Dancing with the Stars
Space shuttle Discovery on its last mission: Where to watch the launch

Space shuttle Discovery will lift off for the last time on Wednesday, Nov. 3. Here are a few tips on how to get a good seat to watch the launch.
Why does the space shuttle always look so filthy?

Because it goes up into space and back.
In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Ignition
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Russian Soyuz rocket launches three new crew toward space station

A trio of spaceflyers, including one American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts, blasted off for the International Space Station tonight onboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
Space Shuttle Endeavour launch held up by space traffic jam

Endeavour is scheduled to launch a day later than previously planned on its visit to the International Space Station, to make room for an unmanned cargo ship.