NASA's space shuttle Endeavour, perched atop a modified Boeing 747-100 airliner, takes off from the Departure/Arrival Airfield Control Group at Biggs Army Airfield Sept. 20. The Endeavour has been decommissioned and was making its way across country to Edwards Air Force Base, before moving to its permanent retirement home at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

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NASA's space shuttle Endeavour, perched atop a modified Boeing 747-100 airliner, takes off from the Departure/Arrival Airfield Control Group at Biggs Army Airfield Sept. 20. The Endeavour has been decommissioned and was making its way across country to Edwards Air Force Base, before moving to its permanent retirement home at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

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