Aalice.390 net.columbia utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!alice!sjb Fri Jan 15 19:49:18 1982 shuttle progress NASA officials say that work on the shuttle is progressing very well, and there is a ``good shot'' at a launch the week of 22 March. The exact date for STS-3 will be announced in Washington within two weeks. The orbiter will be move from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building, where it will be mated with the already mated external tank and SRB's, on 5 February. It will be rolled to pad 39A on 21 February. All three fuel cells have been checked and announced to be in good working condition. Of the 446 tiles removed, 379 have been rebonded. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.