Countdown Change Allows
The space shuttle team here modified its countdown and liftoff timing to successfully launch the Columbia Microgravity Science Laboratory mission earlier than originally planned on July 1, to beat developing thunderstorms that could have scrubbed the flight. Columbia was launched on its 23rd mission...
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