STS-26
Woke up at 6:30am. Washed hair downstairs. Finished by 7am. Mom and Dad went to McDonald's to eat. I taped 7-8am. Programmed CNN for 9am-3pm. Darrin taped Ch 4 8:30am-2:30pm for me. I was excited. Gloomy, dark, cool day. Drove Jill and Jeremy to school. Talked in home room. Con Ed was in typing room because everyone was cold. Launch supposed to be at 8:59am, but changed to 9:59am. After Con Ed, Darrin and I got a pass from Fred to come to his room at 9:50am to watch. Then Harry came by. Went to lockers. Harry and I to the office. Got permission to drive Harry home "to put medicine on poision ivy (right leg)" so he could tape Ch 4. Gone 9:25-9:40am. Got back, our class in library watching. Then launch postponed. We got permission from Mr Salanik to watch it 3rd hour. 3rd hour came. Front row, left to right, Aaron, Darrin, Me, Jeremy with Harry behind/between me and Jeremy. It (library) was CROWDED. Misty P, Rachel C and Jenny P were there. Anyway, launch at 10:37am. We were so excited and tense. I laughed at Jeremy curled up in the chair at my right to hide the tear of joy. Then "throttle up"... it was quiet... We then saw a little flame. It was "No, not again." But it was nothing. It made it. Just as it made SRB sep, Salanik said, "Get to class." We were mad. But so relieved and relaxed. Got to Spanish. Reviewed. Physics, we did problems (some at board). Hotdogs, mac and cheese for lunch. Did Con Ed in study hall. Jay Sinn is in it now. Then redesigned TV-3 to make the Imperial Shuttle. Made week schedule. Played football in PE. Clan (but Darrin) vs them. Warm. Drove Tim home (gave him Con Ed folder). Stopped by home with Harry. Called school about sr pictures order. Went to Harry's. There till around 5:30pm. Jeremy came over in their fixed car. I got Joe. We made "Tim" but didn't record it. Harry and DeAnn are banned again. Came home. Ate, helped carry in groceries. Darrin came over. Went to his house. Watched Ch 4 launch/Olympics while I started Viceroy, he started OMPAR 1088/1. Came home around 9pm. Gonna sleep now. I am so happy we are in space... safely. Oh, around 5:30pm I took Joe to David A's. Joe borrowed David's guitar and my pick (pink) and my blue cord. Talked to Janet F. Dropped Joe off. Then came home. Ate, etc. Less than 21.5 hours from now and TV-3 will be launched. Oh, Darrin got caught spitting over lockers at kids by Coach in PE. Aaron and I did it too, but not caught. Saw Soviet shuttle today. Doolittles thinking about buying a car like Jeremy's (Lancer).
Viceroy was the name of my new homemade shuttle. OMPAR 1088/1 was the name of Darrin's homemade rocket.
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