Jul 26 1981
From The Space Library
Space Shuttle Columbia was still awaiting its trip to KSC's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) because of a delay in the orbiter integrated test that had been scheduled for July 23. The test had to wait until technicians finished wiring the remote manipulator's system for emergency jettison of its $100 million Canada-built "bionic arm." That system would have to be retested before the major integrated test could begin, probably not before August 9. The delay would not affect launch date of STS-2, NASA said. (MSFC Release 81-90, 81-91; NASA Release 81-109; W Star, July 27/81, A-2)
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