Launch Alert | Flight 7
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LAUNCH CENTER

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Success
Sun Apr 12 1981
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

STS-1

Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

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Rocket Details

Name:

Space Shuttle

Description:

Space Shuttle rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Test Flight
  • STS-1 was the first orbital spaceflight of the Space Shuttle Program. The first orbiter Columbia took a 54.5 hour flight and circled the Earth 36 times. This was NASAs first craft to be manned during a testflight. Manned by John Young and Bob Crippen.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 39A