( CNN ) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords plans to attend the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour next month -- a little more than three months after she was shot in the head outside a Tucson , Arizona , supermarket -- her spokesman said . Giffords ' husband , Capt . Mark Kelly , will command the shuttle . After spending the days after the shooting at his wife 's hospital bedside , he decided in February that would continue his assignment as the mission commander . At the time , Giffords ' spokesman C.J . Karamargin said the Arizona Democrat `` fully understands '' that her husband is flying the shuttle and supports his decision . `` I have every intention for her to be at the launch , '' Kelly said then . On Thursday , Karamargin said that Giffords is well enough to make the trip from Texas to Cape Canaveral , Florida . When asked when she will begin heading east for Florida , he said , `` We 're not even there yet in the planning process . '' According to NASA 's website , the spacecraft is set to lift off at 7:48 p.m. on April 19 from Kennedy Space Center . It will be the final mission for the Endeavour , and the second-to-last one for the entire space shuttle fleet . Giffords has been at TIRR Memorial Hermann rehabilitation hospital in Houston -- not far from where Kelly does most of his training -- since January , when she was moved there from University Medical Center in Tucson . Doctors treating Giffords have scheduled a Friday-morning news conference to provide an update on her progress . `` Two months after her injury , the congresswoman continues to improve , '' the Houston hospital said late Wednesday night in a statement . Giffords was shot at a `` Congress on Your Corner '' event in the parking lot of Safeway grocery store in her hometown . Six people were killed in the incident . The congresswoman , who authorities say was the main target , was among 13 injured . On Wednesday , a federal judge in Arizona entered `` not guilty '' pleas on behalf of Jared Lee Loughner , a 22-year-old Arizona man who faces 49 counts -- including murder and attempted murder -- related to the shooting . Judge Larry Burns also scheduled a May 25 competency hearing for Loughner , and attorneys on both sides will be allowed to hire their own experts to evaluate Loughner 's competency to stand trial . CNN 's Danielle Dellorto contributed to this report .
Rep. Giffords plans to go to the shuttle Endeavour launch , her spokesman says . The Associated Press contributed to this report. The hospital where Giffords is rehabbing said Wednesday she `` continues to improve '' The man accused of shooting her and 18 others has been indicted on 49 charges .