The Nation - News from Jan. 10, 1986
The on-again, off-again mission of the space shuttle Columbia was rescheduled for blastoff this morning between 3:55 and 6:33 PST, after mechanics retrieved a broken electrical sensor from inside an important engine fuel line, but a foreboding weather forecast still threatened to ground the ship. Problems caused by the wayward sensor forced NASA officials to cancel the launching on Thursday. It was the fifth time since Dec. 18 that the flight had been delayed.
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