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  • July 7: Members of the crew of space shuttle Endeavour, from left, mission specialist Christopher Cassidy, flight engineer Timothy Kopra, commander Mark Polansky, mission specialist Thomas Marshburn and mission specialist David Wolf arrive at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Cananveral, Fla. Endeavour and seven member crew, scheduled for a July 11, launch, will deliver and install the final elements of Japan Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory to the International Space Station.
  • July 7: Transplant surgeon Dr. Robert Montgomery fields questions during a news conference at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Montgomery says he and doctors in three other hospitals have completed what is believed to be the largest series of kidney paired donation procedures ever undertaken.
  • July 7: Clarice Balmer, 81, clutches the arm of her grandson, Arden Balmer Jr., 28, as her grandson, Lcpl. Lawrence Balmer, 22, prepares to deploy in South Bend, Ind. Marine Reservists from Bravo Company will train for seven months at Camp Pendleton, Calif. before leaving for Afghanistan. The 6th Engineering Support Battalion will build roads and bridges. All three are from Lakeville, Ind.
  • July 7: Demonstrators march in protest of conditions in Yemen in front of the White House in Washington.
  • July 7: The Libertad, a 356-foot navy training ship from Buenos Aires, Argentina, is the first ship arriving for Sail Boston, gliding into Boston Harbor. The event continues through Sunday.