[net.columbia] Countdown on Schedule

sjb (06/24/82)

Everything has been going smoothly up until today.
Today, workers are to check the Columbia's computers and fuel
cells and also open the cargo bay doors to fill the infrared
telescope in the DoD's package with liquid helium.

sjb (11/07/82)

The early phases of the fifth shuttle countdown were on schedule
today, as electrical power inside the orbiter was turned on and
the cargo bay doors were closed.

The launch window for this flight is forty minutes, the smallest
of any of the other four.