First Space Shuttle
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First space shuttle. The test vehicle marked the beginning of nasa s space shuttles era. On this day in history sept. The space shuttle was the first operational orbital spacecraft designed for reuse.
17 1976 nasa launched its first ever prototype space shuttle enterprise at the facility in southern california us. Space shuttle design and development. It launched for the first time on mission sts 1 on april 12 1981 the first flight of the space shuttle program.
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 is launched from cape canaveral florida becoming the first reusable manned spacecraft to travel into space. Piloted by astronauts robert l.
Astronaut john young a veteran of four previous spaceflights including a walk on the moon in 1972 commanded the mission. During the 1950s the united states air force proposed using a reusable piloted glider to. 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.
The space shuttle columbia orbiter vehicle designation. Young and pilot robert l. Crippen it was the first american crewed space flight since the apollo.
Columbia carried a crew of two mission commander john w.