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The mission had a two person.
Space shuttle first flight. She spoke the following words while traveling in the weightlessness of space you are just your intelligence. Astronaut john young a veteran of four previous spaceflights including a walk on the moon in 1972 commanded the mission. Chawla was the first indian woman to fly in space. Space shuttle columbia orbited the ea.
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. Serving for over 22 years it completed 27 missions before disintegrating during re entry near the end of its 28th mission sts 107 on february 1 2003 resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members. Columbia s first flight took place on april 12 1981. Piloted by astronauts robert l.
Dethloff the first mission of the space transport system sts 1 or space shuttle flew on april 12 1981 ending a long hiatus in american space flight. On this day october 3 1985 the sts 51j launched from nasa s kennedy space center on the first flight of the space shuttle atlantis. Crippen and john w. The space shuttle columbia was the first space rated orbiter in nasa s space shuttle fleet.
Crippen pilot lifted off from pad a launch complex 39 at the kennedy space center. The shuttle program was officially referred to as the space transportation system sts so this flight was sts 1. The launch took place at 7 a m. The space shuttle columbia is launched from cape canaveral florida becoming the first reusable manned spacecraft to travel into space.
Sts 1 by henry c. Young commander and robert l. It launched for the first time on mission sts 1 on april 12 1981 the first flight of the space shuttle program. Her first space mission began on november 19 1997 as part of the six astronaut crew that flew the space shuttle columbia flight sts 87.
The space shuttle s first flight. The first flight of space shuttle challenger 35 years ago first flight of space shuttle challenger in early 1983 with five flights of the space shuttle columbia successfully completed nasa prepared to fly its second orbiter challenger on its maiden voyage.
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