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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, taxies down the runway at the Shuttle Landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida with space shuttle Endeavour attached to its back. Takeoff came at 7:22 a.m. EDT. 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/Kim Shiflett