sjb (07/02/82)
The Columbia passed within 7.7 miles of an old, spinning Soviet rocket booster bottom stage last night; NASA says there was no cause for danger, but the astronauts would have taken evasive action if there was a chance of the two, both moving at 17,000 mph, colliding. They never even saw it. Meanwhile, Challenger is now at EAFB, waiting for her day on Sunday. There is still a possibility of the Enterprise being there, but it is not definite.