Columbia crew recovers Wake Shield after three-day free flight
Astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia recovered the Wake Shield Facility Monday night after it spent three days in free flight in the most trouble-free test to date of its ability to produce ultra-pure semiconductor material in an enhanced space vacuum. Astronaut Tamara Jernigan used Columbia...
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