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Los Angeles residents were ecstatic when news broke that the California Science Center would become the final resting place for the retired space shuttle Endeavour.  Now though, some of those same people who were praising the opportunity are crying foul as up to 400 trees are chopped down to make room for it...

It's the photo they waited 30 years to take (click to enlarge). Chris Bray and his father attended the first space shuttle launch back in 1981 -- and the last, just a few weeks ago. Bray posted a link to the photo on Reddit on Monday and the reaction was immediate -- almost 600 comments have been left thus far, and various media outlets have picked up the story.

The space shuttle Atlantis lifted off for its final mission Friday morning. Thousands gathered to watch the blast off, the final of the 30-year-old shuttle program, CNN reported.

Passengers on a commercial airline flight caught a  something out their window that you don't get to see everyday, the Space Shuttle Discovery.

The most traveled space ship in the history of the world, Discovery, blasted off for the last time today from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery is on it's way to the International Space Station. Discovery is the oldest of the Space Shuttle fleet, which is set to be retired this year. Atlantis and Endeavour still have one flight a piece left, after that the 30 year shuttle program will sadly com