THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA WILL GET AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY IN SPACE AND...

World | March 2, 2002, Saturday // 00:00

The space shuttle Columbia will get at least one more day in space and its crew is likely to press on with their mission to the Hubble Space Telescope despite a problem with a critical coolant system that developed shortly after launch on Friday, NASA said. Columbia roared off its launch pad just before dawn on Friday, carrying seven astronauts on an arduous 11-day mission to service and upgrade the orbiting Hubble telescope.

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