Aalice.492 net.columbia utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!houxi!npois!alice!sjb Sat Apr 3 16:39:56 1982 Shuttle Work Ahead of Schedule Work on the Columbia jumped ahead of schedule today, and officials say that the attachment of the tail cone to the shuttle may come tomorrow. If that occurs, the mating to the 747, now scheduled to land at White Sands tomorrow instead of Monday on the same strip as the shuttle, could take place on Monday afternoon. By Monday, NASA hopes to have a definite take off date and time for the shuttle's return to KSC.