From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!alice!sjb
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Title: Second FRF Scheduled
Article-I.D.: alice.1399
Posted: Fri Jan 14 20:22:32 1983
Received: Sun Jan 16 05:06:39 1983

NASA has scheduled Challenger's second FRF (engine test firing) for
26 January, ''give or take a day or two.''  If the source of the
hydrogen leak first detected last month is found to be external to
the engine compartment, NASA says that STS-6 should launch sometime
before the end of February.  However, if the problem lies within
the engine compartment itself, the launch will probably slip into
March, as one or more engines may have to pulled or replaced.