Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : NASA Races to Start Shuttle Countdown
From Times staff and wire reports
NASA technicians struggled to make up 12 hours in lost time to keep the space shuttle Discovery on schedule for the start of its countdown to a launching Wednesday on a secret military mission. Work to fix a booster control unit and a hydraulic leak led to the delay. The countdown was scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. today, the same time that the shuttle’s crew was expected to arrive at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for final preparations.
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