Launch windows

1996-10-16T00:00:00

The launch of the Space Shuttle STS80/Columbia mission, scheduled for 8 November, is likely to be delayed because the outer thermal panes of two front-cockpit windows need replacing. Wear on the 150mm-thick panes, which have been flown on seven and eight missions respectively, showed that they were "prone to fracture" ...

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