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If one were to map where the nation's brightest science, technology, engineering and mathematics minds are concentrated, the epicenter might fall somewhere along an eastern stretch of central Florida known as the Space Coast.
The region is best known for the Kennedy Space Center, the launching site of every human US space flight since 1968. June 28, however, will mark the space shuttle program's final mission, when Discovery propels into orbit.
Any future voyages of that nature will be conducted by private firms, with NASA choosing to focus on deep-space exploration, with the eventual goal of landing on Mars. The retirement of the shuttle means the end, for now, of the dramatic liftoffs and landings, tragedies and triumphs that have come to define America's fascination with outer space.
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