NASA prepares to send Shuttle Columbia back to space

BACK IN ACTION: NASA plans to begin preparing the Space Shuttle Columbia for its 27th trip to space. NASA has spent a year and a half revamping its oldest orbiter at the Boeing Shuttle facility in Palmdale, Calif., outfitting it with a new "glass cockpit" that replaced mechanical instruments with 11...

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