Dec 22 1985
From The Space Library
NASA today rolled the Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger to Launch Complex 39B two miles from where NASA had installed the orbiter Columbia for mission 61-C, the first time a pair of orbiters had been on the launch pads at the same time, the Washington Times reported. Columbia was on Pad 39A until repair of a faulty power unit that aborted a launch attempt December 19 [see Space Transportation System/Launch Schedules, Dec. 19]. NASA had scheduled Challenger on mission 51-L for launch on January 22. (W Times, Dec 23/85, 4A)
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