Endeavour Departs Kennedy -- Sept. 19, 2012 -- Wheels up! Space shuttle Endeavour, secured atop NASA's modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, rises from the runway at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility. The duo took off at 7:22 a.m. EDT, beginning Endeavour's ferry flight to California and the final ferry flight of the Space Shuttle Program era. Image credit:SWC/Lightroom Photos/NASA/Kim Shiflett