The Nation - News from Jan. 12, 1986
A forecast of improved weather brightened NASA’s hopes that it could launch the space shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven today after a frustrating series of delays. “The weather looks good and we’re going to go for it,” said Lisa Malone, a spokeswoman for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The launching had been postponed seven times, four times in the last week. If Columbia misses today’s launching time, set for 3:55 a.m. PST, officials feared it could disrupt NASA’s busy schedule of 15 shuttle launchings planned this year.
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