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Wed Mar 24 20:15:12 1982
Shuttle News
Today, the Columbia broke its old mileage record in space, with
more than 3 million miles on its odometer. Its showing its own
signs of age, however, with a backed up toilet. The alternate
toilet consists of blue bags, like those used in the Apollo missions.
Other minor problems detected were a possible slight nitrogen
leak in the cabin, the broken wrist camera, the cabin again was
too cold at night, condensation on the back window, the tape
recorder for the experiments went out, and an environmental
package would not function on the shuttle's power. However, none
of these are major, and officials expect to have a full seven
day mission.
On the night side, Lousma and Fullerton again heard static, from
areas over China and Iran. NASA has not yet confirmed the origin,
but said it was over the Asian continent. Recordings were made and
scientists will investigate them.
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