Endeavour cleared for nine-day mapping mission
NASA flight controllers cleared the Space Shuttle Endeavour for a full nine-day mapping mission yesterday, after concluding the orbiter will have enough cryogenic fuel on board to maintain its 200-foot-long mapping boom at the proper angle to Earth. However, there were no plans to try for a 10th day...
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