Shuttle retrieval
After a day-long chase, the space shuttle Discovery early yesterday overtook and retrieved a satellite released by astronauts to study the Sun, Reuter reports from Cape Canaveral. Ellen Ochoa, an astronaut, used Discovery's robot arm to grab the satellite and place it in the ship's cargo bay.
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