Shuttle radar mapping underway, but thruster glitch may cut it short
The Space Shuttle Endeavour's crew managed to extend a 200-foot mast and begin interferometric radar mapping of the earth's surface over the weekend, but a glitch with a tiny thruster at the end of the mast may force mission managers to shorten the mapping activity even more than it has already been...
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