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Mon Mar 22 22:33:22 1982
Shuttle News
Things were looking up as the astronauts of STS-3 wound up
their first day in space in the space shuttle.  Though APU
3 overheated and was prematurely shut down, officials expect
it will be AOK for the scheduled landing, as it was when the
same thing happened during STS-2.  The first operation in
space, the opening of the cargo bay doors, went well -- without
a hitch.  Experiments were turned on and fly swatters were
readied.  Meanwhile, back on humble Earth, the ships Liberty
and Freedom proceeded to the two splashed down SRB's.  On calm
seas, in contrast to the rough seas of STS-2 that forced the
boosters to swim for a week, they expect to have the boosters
towed back to Port Canaveral by tomorrow night.