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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — President Barack Obama and his family will attend next week’s launch of the Endeavour, NASA’s next-to-last space-shuttle flight commanded by the husband of critically wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
A White House official said Wed nesday that the president would be at the April 29 liftoff, along with his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha.
Cmdr. Mark Kelly will lead the six-man shuttle crew to the space station. He has said he hopes his wife also will be there when he blasts off and is awaiting her doctors’ final approval.
