Aresearch.147 net.columbia utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!research!sjb Thu Nov 12 10:32:14 1981 LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL THE BIRD IS UP! THE BIRD IS UP! At around 1010 EST, 10 minutes after scheduled, the Columbia started its second trip into space. There was a 10 minute delay at T-9:00 when the range safety officer had to switch to a back up carrier wave. However, everything was decided to be OK and the Columbia was launched. Right now, they have completed OMS-1 and are coming up on OMS-2 in about 20 minutes. Stay tuned to this station for further details. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.