[net.columbia] Columbia to go to VAB Thursday

sjb (09/08/82)

Fifty five days after she landed, the space shuttle Columbia will
be rolled to the Vehicle Assembly Building this Thursday.  There it
will be mated with its external tank and two (new) SRB's  Rollout
to the launch pad is scheduled for 21 September, and launch is
still scheduled for 11 November.  Preparations for launch are about
1 day ahead of schedule.