‘All systems go’ for
spaceship Columbia
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (AP)
— Joe Engle and Richard Truly
arrived at the Cape Monday,
eager and ebullient, and said
they are "more than ready" for
the mid-week launch of space
shuttle Columbia The ship, on
Launch Pad 39A, was pro
nounced as fit as the crew
If the countdown continues
well and the weather cooper
ates. the shuttle will blastoff at
7 30 a m EST Wednesday and
become the first ship returning
to space a second time
"Columbia's ready and Joe
and I are more than ready,"
Truly said "We re all set to go '
Engle, commander for the shut
tle flight, said "We're ready to
go We re going to tune up and
polish up tomorrow."
Before leaving Houston, the
astronauts passed a half-hour
physical examination Monday at
Johnson Space Center Things
were going so well for Columbia
on the launch site that some
tasks were moved ahead in the
schedule to get them out of the
way
"Since we got into the count,
everything has gone bang,
bang, bang," said shuttle test
manager Donald "Deke" Slay
ton He said the countdown was
smoother than preparations for
Columbia s maiden flight last
April
Columbia will carry Air Force
Col Engle and Navy Capt Truly
high above Earth at 17,000 mph
for five days and 83 orbits
The astronauts were smiling,
relaxed and obviously in a
happy frame of mind
After their arrival remarks,
Engle and Truly were taking
T-38 trainer planes back up for
some aerobatics to adjust their
inner ears to accelerations and
thereby reduce the possibility of
motion sickness in orbit Said
Slayton "It's a good way for
them to unwind ”
The launch day weather fore
cast was in the acceptable
range, with scattered clouds,
winds of 12 mph and visibility at
7 miles
If it rains Wednesday, after
super-cold fuels have been
loaded into Columbia's huge
external fuel tank, the flight
would have to be delayed at
least two days The moisture
could freeze on the outside of
the tank and chunks of ice could
vibrate off at blastoff to damage
the vehicle
On the day before their big
flight, the first in orbit for both
military pilots, Engle and Truly
will "probably be goofing off
mostly." Slayton said
Their schedule today calls for
a 5:30 a m breakfast, a sunrise
visit to the launch pad, and a few
hours doing emergency landing
practice in a plane that handles
like the Columbia They'll go to
bed early and will be awakened
at 2:40 a m on launch morning
The Columbia is scheduled to
land next Monday at Edwards
Air Force Base in California
TV plans coverage
NEW YORK (AP) - The three
major TV networks will provide
live coverage of the second
flight of the space shuttle
Columbia, beginning at 6 a m
Wednesday
Cable News Network also will
report live from the Kennedy
Space Center in Florida on the
launching scheduled for 7:30
am EST
All four networks will follow
the flight with live and special
reports through the scheduled
landing at 11 40 am Monday,
Nov 9
Launch coverage will begin at
6 a m Wednesday on all three
major TV networks Coverage
will continue to 9:30 a m on
ABC and 10 am on CBS and
NBC
First-day coverage on the
three networks and CNN will
include the final countdown,
lift-off, the first orbital engine
burn and the first TV pictures
from the spacecraft
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