shuttle endeavour's lift off...

for the last time...the commander is astronaut mark kelly, the husband of the democratic congress woman from arizona, gabrielle giffords who was shot in the head in an assassination attempt but survived...she was present in this launch...a very lucky woman who survived miraculously while six others died in this heartless shooting spree while this lady was meeting with her constituents on that fateful day...bittersweet, sad but happy, a triumph over the devil...

one more shuttle lift off in july and then the shuttle space program will come to a close...and the shuttles will be on display in museums...