Revving for action, the once wayward space bus passes a test
"All engines are up and running!" Cheers rose from the ranks of scientists and technicians packed into the Cape Canaveral control center when the word came. Millions of Americans watching on morning television breathed a sigh of relief. Those red and orange flames flaring out from beneath the Columbia space shuttle, the immense cloud of steam created by burning liquid oxygen and hydrogen that drifted out to sea were emblems of success. The long delayed final test firing of Columbia's three main engines...
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