The Space Shuttle Columbia began a new era of manned spaceflight when it lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on STS-1, the inaugural flight in the Space Shuttle Program on April 12, 1981. Aboard the spacecraft were astronauts John W. Young, commander, and Robert L. Crippen, pilot.
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Space Shuttle Projects
Apr 12, 1981
Space Shuttle Project
Jun 25, 1992
Space Shuttle astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen (in tan space suits) are greeted by members of the ground crew after stepping off the Space Shuttle Columbia after STS-1
Apr 14, 1981
The Space Shuttle Columbia touches down on lakebed runway 23 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., to conclude the first orbital shuttle mission
Apr 14, 1981