Aug 10 1981
From The Space Library
During the early-morning move of Space Shuttle Columbia from it KSC hangar to the VAB, a forklift "accidentally banged into" the spacecraft, damaging two tiles on the left elevon, according to KSC spokesman Rocky Raab. Engineers and technicians were expected to replace the tiles by nightfall so that raising Columbia and bolting it to its mobile launcher could proceed. The three-times-delayed rollout began at 3:54 a.m. EDT and took 26 minutes to cover the quarter-mile distance. (NY Times, Aug 11/81, C-3)
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