[net.columbia] Launch Delayed by Gyro Problem

alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) (07/29/85)

Just fifteen minutes before its scheduled 1523 EDT launch today,
Challenger's liftoff was again delayed, this time by a faulty
gyroscope.  The unit, one of three in one of the shuttle boosters,
failed to respond to computer commands, but the problem was
later solved, and NASA has reset the launch for 1700 EDT today.
The launch window closes at 1830 EDT.