Around sunrise Thursday, the shuttle was scheduled to leave Houston, riding piggyback on a jumbo jet

Hundreds lined the streets and crowded the airport Wednesday to see the retired shuttle land before it was to head to California where it will be permanently displayed, a fact that doesn't hotels orlando florida sit well with many Houston residents who feel Space City was cheated out of an artifact that should have been theirs to keep.
"I think that it's the worst thing that they can do, rotten all the way," said 84-year-old Mary Weiss, clinging to her walker just before Endeavour landed after flying low over Gulf Coast towns, New Orleans and then downtown Houston and its airports.
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Back-to-back delays in the ferry flight resulted in one day being cut from the Houston visit. After landing, hotels orlando florida the Endeavour rolled slowly in front of the cheering crowd. It circled and preened like a runway model, giving awed spectators an opportunity to take pictures from a variety of angles.
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Endeavour - the replacement hotels orlando florida for the destroyed Challenger shuttle - made its debut in 1992 and flew 25 times before it was retired. It logged 123 million miles in space and circled Earth nearly 4,700 times.