iiit-sh@cybaswan.UUCP (Steve Hosgood) (05/23/89)
Have NASA ever managed to run cleanly through the countdown sequence and launch a shuttle mission at the first attempt? The Magellan mission nearly qualified, but ran into trouble about 1hr:30 before launch, and finally aborted at T - 31sec. I don't remember *any* clean launches, but then again, we get virtually no media coverage over here :-( Steve
brody@eos.UUCP (Adam Brody) (05/27/89)
In article <458@cybaswan.UUCP>, iiit-sh@cybaswan.UUCP (Steve Hosgood) writes: > Have NASA ever managed to run cleanly through the countdown sequence and > launch a shuttle mission at the first attempt? The Magellan mission nearly > qualified, but ran into trouble about 1hr:30 before launch, and finally aborted > at T - 31sec. > > I don't remember *any* clean launches, but then again, we get virtually no > media coverage over here :-( > > Steve Fortunately, the two launches I attended (STS-7, and 61-B) went up without any problems. STS-7 was supposed to be the first landing at KSC and many people stayed in Orlando for the week but it ultimately did not land there.