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The final orbiter flight is cursed now.

It won't be the last, but rather the second-to-last. The last will be Atlantis' flight this Summer. Since Atlantis was being prepped to be the backup/rescue shuttle for Endeavour's last flight (the one Kelly is commanding), with all the requisite hardware and processing, they decided to fly her. Backup/rescue, should anything go wrong necessitating an abandonment on orbit, will be provided by the Russians and some extra Soyuz capsules they have.

However, I agree with the concept of it being cursed. Or at least jinxed. Having the President show up, raising the already high-profile flight to stratospheric levels, has VERY bad ju-ju written all over it.