HOUSTON, April 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords left a Houston rehab center Wednesday for a short trip to Florida to watch her husband launch into space.
A National Aeronautics and Space Administration jet ferried the Democratic Arizona congresswoman to Florida, KOLD-TV in Tucson reported. Mark Kelly, her husband, is commander on the final mission of the space shuttle Endeavour, which is scheduled to lift off Friday from Cape Canaveral.