Prise 2 pour le dernier voyage d'Endeavour... Le mari de Giffords, cette représentante atteinte à la tête lors d'une fusillade en Arizona, est le commandant de ce dernier vol. Toujours en réhabilitation à Houston, Giffords a de nouveau été autorisée à assister à l'évènement historique. Obama sera là également lundi.
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords arrived safely Sunday at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where she is expected to be among half a million people gathering Monday to view the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, NASA said.
The congresswoman shot in the head during an apparent assassination attempt four months ago will watch as her husband Mark Kelly takes off as commander of the mission.
After initial treatment in Arizona, Giffords, D-Arizona, has been undergoing rehabilitation at the TIRR Memorial Hermann center in Houston.
NASA announced her arrival in a tweet, and a similar announcement was posted on her Facebook page.
"Go Gabby. You can soooo do this, girl!" read one Facebook comment. "God bless you and Mark, true patriots and American heroes both!" read another.
Giffords, along with President Barack Obama, were in Florida on April 29, when Endeavour was originally slated to launch. But that lift-off was scrubbed because of a problem with a heater aboard the shuttle.
NASA officials on Saturday unanimously gave the go-ahead for the Monday launch, thanks to positive results on all preflight checks.
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