May 2 1993
From The Space Library
NASA rewarded the Columbia astronaut's energy-conservation efforts by adding a day to the Space Shuttle's mission. The extra day would allow scientists to meet and possibly exceed mission goals, which had been jeopardized by equipment problems.
German researchers announced that their robot arm had successfully grabbed a free-floating object in space under remote control from Earth. They also reported that some of the larval fish and tadpoles aboard the Shuttle were dying.
Among other experiments undertaken on the last days of the flight was the injection of two German astronauts with nearly a half-gallon of saline solution each in an experiment intended to test how to fight dehydration in space. (AP, May 2/93, May 3/93, May 4/94; RTW, May 3/93, May 4/93; UPI, May 3/93; W Post, May 2/93, May 3/93; W Times, May 1/93; B Sun, May 2/93, May 3/94; USA Today, May 3/93; NY Times, May 2/93, May 3/93)
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