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)
Launch of the first Space Shuttle in 1981
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