CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Columbia yesterday passed within 111 km of a dying Italian satellite, lost when a tether connecting it to the shuttle broke, allowing the crew to gather their last bits of data before it begins its fiery descent to Earth.
Shuttle gathers satellite data
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Columbia yesterday passed within 111 km of a dying Italian satellite, lost when a tether…
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