Watch Rep. Giffords Walk On Her Own While Boarding Plane Headed To Shuttle Launch

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, slowly and on her feet, boarded a plane in Houston this morning, bound for Cape Canaveral, Fla., where she will view the final launch of the space shuttle Endeavour, commanded by her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly.

As Houston station KHOU reports, Giffords arrived with a group of people–including a nurse from TIRR Memorial Hermann, where Giffords has been receiving treatment to recover from a gunshot to the head–in a dark-colored SUV around 9 a.m.:

The vehicle drove right up to a waiting NASA plane, and Giffords–guided by a second person–walked up the stairs into the aircraft.

Giffords has been in an intensive rehabilitation program at TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston for months, recovering from a gunshot wound to the head. She was shot at a political event in Tucson on January 8. Six people were killed.

Watch it here, from KTRK:

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