On April 12, 1981, the space shuttle Columbia lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center for the first flight of the space shuttle fleet

Launch of the first Space Shuttle in 1981

October 21, 2011 · 0 comments

On April 12, 1981, the space shuttle Columbia lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for the first flight of the space shuttle fleet.  Aboard STS-1 were astronauts John W. Young, flight commander, and Robert L. Crippen, flight pilot.  (Source: NASA)

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