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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords plans to return to Florida next week to watch the rescheduled launch of the space shuttle Endeavour, which is being commanded by her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly. The Arizona Democrat, who suffered brain damage in a January assassination attempt, traveled from her rehab hospital in Houston to Cape Canaveral in late April for a launch that was scrapped just hours before scheduled liftoff because of problems with the shuttle’s power units.
After considering several possible dates for the launch, NASA announced Tuesday that the launch has been set for 8:56 a.m. eastern time on May 16.
“She is planning to attend,” Giffords spokesman C.J. Karamargin told The Arizona Republic. “She wouldn’t miss it.” Getting Giffords to see the launch from the Kennedy Space Center has been a major goal of her rehabilitation.
Several of Giffords’s congressional colleagues — as well as President Barack Obama and his family — were at Cape Canaveral last month for the scheduled launch. Obama shook hands with Kelly after the launch was scrubbed and spent a few private minutes with Giffords. No word yet on whether the president will return to Florida on Monday for the rescheduled launch.
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