First Space Shuttle

The test vehicle marked the beginning of nasa s space shuttles era.
First space shuttle. Astronaut john young a veteran of four previous spaceflights including a walk on the moon in 1972 commanded the mission. Young and pilot robert l. Crippen and john w. The crawler transporter with.
It launched for the first time on mission sts 1 on april 12 1981 the first flight of the space shuttle program. Sts 1 space transportation system 1 was the first orbital spaceflight of nasa s space shuttle program the first orbiter columbia launched on 12 april 1981 and returned on 14 april 54 5 hours later having orbited the earth 36 times. Piloted by astronauts robert l. First shuttle launch a new era in space flight began on april 12 1981 when space shuttle columbia or sts 1 soared into orbit from nasa s kennedy space center in florida.
The space shuttle columbia orbiter vehicle designation. Crippen it was the first american crewed space flight since the apollo. Space shuttle design and development. On this day in history sept.
Nasa unveils its first space shuttle the enterprise on september 17 1976 nasa publicly unveils its first space shuttle the enterprise during a ceremony in palmdale california. 17 1976 nasa launched its first ever prototype space shuttle enterprise at the facility in southern california us. The space shuttle was the first operational orbital spacecraft designed for reuse. The space shuttle columbia is launched from cape canaveral florida becoming the first reusable manned spacecraft to travel into space.