The first space shuttle was Enterprise, built in 1976 but was only used for testing.
The Challenger was the first to achieve Earth orbit, however, in 1981.
(This information is from the NASA.gov website -Doctor Dan)
The first American space shuttle, Columbia, went into space on April 12, 1981.
Ellison Onizuka was the first Asian American astronaut in space. He flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery in January 1985 as a mission specialist. Onizuka tragically lost his life in the Challenger space shuttle disaster in 1986.
Of the first Space Shuttle; Enterprise. Of the first space worthy Space Shuttle; Columbia.
The first shuttle to go into space was called Space Shuttle Columbia, launched on April 12, 1981.
The first space shuttle developed by NASA was the Space Shuttle Enterprise, which never flew in space and was used for atmospheric flight tests. The first space shuttle to reach space was the Space Shuttle Columbia, which launched on April 12, 1981.
The first American space shuttle, Columbia, went into space on April 12, 1981.
Ellison Onizuka was the first Asian American astronaut in space. He flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery in January 1985 as a mission specialist. Onizuka tragically lost his life in the Challenger space shuttle disaster in 1986.
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April 12th, 1981.
Of the first Space Shuttle; Enterprise. Of the first space worthy Space Shuttle; Columbia.
The first shuttle to go into space was called Space Shuttle Columbia, launched on April 12, 1981.
The first space shuttle developed by NASA was the Space Shuttle Enterprise, which never flew in space and was used for atmospheric flight tests. The first space shuttle to reach space was the Space Shuttle Columbia, which launched on April 12, 1981.
The space shuttle that Sally Ride traveled on for her first space mission was the Space Shuttle Challenger. Ride made history in 1983 as the first American woman to fly in space.
The American space shuttle that goes into orbit is named the Space Shuttle. The fleet of space shuttles included vehicles such as Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour.
The first space shuttle, known as the Space Shuttle Columbia, was designed by NASA in collaboration with various contractors including North American Rockwell and Boeing. Robert Crippen and John Young were the pilots of the first mission, STS-1, which launched on April 12, 1981.
Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space when she launched aboard the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983. She was not the pilot on this mission, but she went on to become the first woman to fly the space shuttle in 1984.
Sally Ride was the first American woman in space, when she flew aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983.