From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!alice!sjb
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Title: **LAUNCH**
Article-I.D.: alice.1097
Posted: Thu Nov 11 07:38:40 1982
Received: Fri Nov 12 05:53:01 1982

At precisely 0719 EST, the Columbia launched from pad 39A at
KSC and began its fifth journey into space.  The initial ascent
was a bit low, due to headwinds, but other than that, everything
went picture perfect.