Columbia lands, but Atlantis mission to Mir on hold

NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia landed safely Sunday after a record- breaking 17-day life and microgravity science mission, but hot-gas damage discovered in the solid rocket boosters that orbited Columbia on June 20 could delay the Shuttle Atlantis' upcoming flight to Russia's Mir space station...

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