NASA cuts a day from Shuttle mapping mission
NASA's top management decided last Thursday to shut down radar mapping from the Space Shuttle Endeavour a day early next month to give the crew extra time to retract a 200-foot mast manually instead of simply jettisoning it in the event of a malfunction. The decision, apparently taken by...
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