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Endeavour takes off from Kennedy Space Center

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    Space shuttle departs on final flight

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And and we have first motion -- shuttle carrier aircraft and space shuttle endeavor.

Beginning to thunder down.

Shuttle landing facility runway 15.

Heading to the southeast.

Taking to the skies for one last time.

From Kennedy Space Center.

Man wheels up.

-- officially at 7:42 AM eastern daylight time.

Space shuttle endeavor -- soaring.

-- NASA shuttle carrier aircraft about to begin -- twenty minute fly over.

Of the space coast area.

The aircraft will remain about 15100 feet above the ground.

Turned toward the coast.

Conduct a flyover.

-- Kennedy Space Center.

Cape Canaveral air force station.

And then head south down the beach.

Where onlookers are gathered.

NASA television will.

Cover this entire fly over.

As best we can.

The shuttle and the shuttle carrier aircraft will head to the south and out of range of our cameras but then we'll come back toward Kennedy space center for one final pass of the shuttle landing facility in about twenty minutes.

During this fly over the shuttle carrier aircraft will.

Continue south along the beach.

Toward Patrick air force station.

-- Patrick air force base.

And then turn -- -- And fly north.

Over the.

-- -- you've been watching the shuttle endeavor on its final mission here is that didn't exist three day journey at least the start of -- gonna end up in California ten makes stops in Mississippi looking for a -- trails along the way we heard our -- tell us that.

Steve Harrigan and it's -- actually refuel.

In El Paso, Texas as well what a beautiful shot a lot of people down there of watching it live and we bring it to you live here on the TV screens -- --