Space Shuttle First Flight
Sts 1 was the first orbital flight of nasa s space shuttle launched on 12 april 1981 and returning to earth 14 april.
Space shuttle first flight. Astronaut john young a veteran of four previous spaceflights including a walk on the moon in 1972 commanded the mission. She spoke the following words while traveling in the weightlessness of space you are just your intelligence. Columbia s first flight took place on april 12 1981.
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. 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 was the first space rated orbiter in nasa s space shuttle fleet.
Young commander and robert l. 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. The space shuttle columbia is launched from cape canaveral florida becoming the first reusable manned spacecraft to travel into space.
Space shuttle columbia orbited the ea. The space shuttle s first flight. The last apollo lunar mission flew in december 1972 and the joint american russian apollo soyuz earth orbital mission closed in july 1975.
The shuttle program was officially referred to as the space transportation system sts so this flight was sts 1. Sts 1 by henry c. Piloted by astronauts robert l.
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. Crippen pilot lifted off from pad a launch complex 39 at the kennedy space center. Chawla was the first indian woman to fly in space.