NewsMarch 13, 2002
Astronauts return in triumph
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven returned to Earth in triumph Tuesday after giving the Hubble Space Telescope awesome new ability to see practically to the edge of the universe. "I'm awe-struck when I look back at everything we were able to do," said Columbia's commander, Scott Altman...
The Associated Press
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven returned to Earth in triumph Tuesday after giving the Hubble Space Telescope awesome new ability to see practically to the edge of the universe.
"I'm awe-struck when I look back at everything we were able to do," said Columbia's commander, Scott Altman.
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Said NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe: "This exceeded everybody's expectations."
The astronauts left behind an orbiting observatory able to generate more power and see farther than ever before.
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