Stunning shots of Endeavour's final journey

Updated 10:44 AM ET, Mon October 15, 2012

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Endeavour's final flight – Onlookers shared their best photos of space shuttle Endeavour's final flight with CNN iReport. Here, the shuttle leaves Florida's Kennedy Space Center atop a 747 the morning of Wednesday, September 19, 2012.

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Endeavour <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-843705">soars toward the clouds</a> above Cocoa Beach, Florida.

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Endeavour's final flight – Endeavour soars toward the clouds above Cocoa Beach, Florida.

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Endeavour and the shuttle carrier aircraft pass back over NASA's <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-843919">Shuttle Landing Facility</a> in Florida before turning west.

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Endeavour's final flight – Endeavour and the shuttle carrier aircraft pass back over NASA's Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida before turning west.

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Endeavour <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-843801">flies over retired rockets</a> at Johnson Space Center in Texas.

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Endeavour's final flight – Endeavour flies over retired rockets at Johnson Space Center in Texas.

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The carrier aircraft and Endeavour <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-843920">touch down at Ellington Field</a> in Houston on Wednesday, midway through their journey to Los Angeles.

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Endeavour's final flight – The carrier aircraft and Endeavour touch down at Ellington Field in Houston on Wednesday, midway through their journey to Los Angeles.

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The public was invited to <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-844016">view the shuttle</a> as it rested at Ellington Field.

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Endeavour's final flight – The public was invited to view the shuttle as it rested at Ellington Field.

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Spencer Niegocki, 10, <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-844391">salutes Endeavour</a> from the top of a playground slide as the shuttle is flown over Tucson, Arizona, on Thursday, September 20. "Years from now, he will be able to look back and say he saw the last shuttle get carried to its final home," said his father, Dann Niegocki. "He may not understand it now, but we all participated in something impressive through the shuttle program."

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Endeavour's final flight – Spencer Niegocki, 10, salutes Endeavour from the top of a playground slide as the shuttle is flown over Tucson, Arizona, on Thursday, September 20. "Years from now, he will be able to look back and say he saw the last shuttle get carried to its final home," said his father, Dann Niegocki. "He may not understand it now, but we all participated in something impressive through the shuttle program."

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The <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-844537">shuttle cruises</a> over Tucson, Arizona, on the SCA.

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Endeavour's final flight – The shuttle cruises over Tucson, Arizona, on the SCA.

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Endeavour completed a flyover of San Francisco before continuing on to Los Angeles. Here, it makes a pass <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-845053">over the Golden Gate Bridge</a>.

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Endeavour's final flight – Endeavour completed a flyover of San Francisco before continuing on to Los Angeles. Here, it makes a pass over the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Endeavour flies low <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-844966">over the Hollywood sign</a> as it travels toward its final destination in Los Angeles on Friday.

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Endeavour's final flight – Endeavour flies low over the Hollywood sign as it travels toward its final destination in Los Angeles on Friday.

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