Astronaut Shannon Lucid -- who is aboard the Mir space station -- set a new U.S. space endurance record today. And because the space shuttle that was to retrieve her has been grounded, she'll stay in space until mid-Spetember. We'll hear excerpts of a space-to-ground news conference in which she describes how it has been possible for her to spend nearly four months in orbit... and how she feels about her flight being extended another month and a half.
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