Shuttle Prepares for Morning Landing

By Fraser Cain - March 12, 2002 at 12:01 PM UTC | Missions

The weather in Florida is looking good for Tuesday morning's landing of the space shuttle

Columbia

. Assuming everything goes as planned (there's slight chance of rain, but nothing that would delay the landing),

Columbia

will land at the Kennedy Space Center at 0932 GMT (4:32am EST). The mission got off to a rocky start when one of the shuttle's coolant lines was blocked, but controllers say that it won't pose a risk when the shuttle heats up as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere. (source: Reuters)

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Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.