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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – United Space Alliance technicians prepare to retract the landing gear on space shuttle Endeavour. The shuttle is being lifted into the mate-demate device at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Endeavour will be positioned and connected to the top of NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the aid of the device. The SCA, a modified 747 jetliner, will fly Endeavour to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display at the California Science Center. This is the final ferry flight scheduled in the Space Shuttle Program era. For more information on the shuttles' transition and retirement, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis