Shuttle Columbia lands safely after truncated flight
The Space Shuttle Columbia landed safely at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., yesterday, cutting a planned 16-day microgravity mission to only four days after a fuel cell electric power generator malfunctioned. Astronaut James Halsell Jr. piloted Columbia to a touchdown at 2:33 p.m. EDT, the first...
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