From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!alice!sjb
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Title: Countdown Still on Schedule
Article-I.D.: alice.715
Posted: Sat Jun 26 09:15:38 1982
Received: Mon Jun 28 08:05:34 1982

Entering, the last day of the STS-4 countdown, every is still
going smoothly.  Countdown officials plan to have a last big
hold today, starting at 1545 EDT and ending at 0025 EDT tomorrow
morning.  At that time, workers will begin to fill the external
tank with liquids hydrogen and oxygen.  Meanwhile, today, Ken
Mattingly and Henry Hartsfield will make practice landings in
jets modified to act like the shuttle, and later they will visit
the launch pad.  During the flight, Columbia's front, back, and
top will again be subject to direct and lack of sunlight in more
duration tests, and the mechanical arm will lift a big contamination
monitor over the payload bay, carry it around, and put it back.