Twenty-five years ago this week, NASA launched two astronauts into orbit aboard the first flight of the Columbia space shuttle. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...
The first space shuttle launch happened in 1981 on the 20th anniversary of when Yuri Gargarin became the first man in space, but the launch date was not by design. A technical delay scrubbed the first ...
On April 12, 1981, astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen blasted off on the maiden voyage of the space shuttle program inside the orbiter Columbia. It was the first of 135 shuttle launches. The ...
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