Aalice.497
net.columbia
utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!alice!sjb
Tue Apr  6 19:42:47 1982
Shuttle Back at KSC
After 15 days at White Sands, 3 longer than STS-2 stayed at Edwards,
the Columbia touched down at the 15,000 runway at KSC today at 1528
EST.  Immediately, its 747 taxied to a demating device, and, over the
next 20 hours, it will be removed from the plane.  It should be in
its hangar by Wednesday, and then the inspections and work on it will
begin, starting with the inspection of the 38 missing tiles and the
rebonding of 1200 more.

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