The commander of the first space shuttle flight was John Young and the pilot was Robert Crippen. Young was a veteran of 5 space flights were as Crippen was a rookie. the mission lasted only two days. The flight was performed with the space shuttle Columbia and past with flying colours, even though certain anomalies could have been life threatening.
The first male pilot to fly the space shuttle was Robert Crippen. He piloted the space shuttle Columbia on its maiden flight, STS-1, in 1981.
The first space shuttle, Columbia, launched on April 12, 1981. It was known as mission STS-1 and marked the beginning of the space shuttle program. Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen piloted the shuttle on its historic flight.
The first space shuttle to go into space was the Space Shuttle Columbia. It completed its first orbital flight on April 12, 1981, as part of the STS-1 mission.
The first space shuttle flight, known as STS-1, took place on April 12, 1981. The shuttle named Columbia was piloted by astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen. It marked the inaugural mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program.
The first manned space shuttle was the Space Shuttle Columbia, which launched on April 12, 1981 as part of the STS-1 mission. It was piloted by astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen.
The first male pilot to fly the space shuttle was Robert Crippen. He piloted the space shuttle Columbia on its maiden flight, STS-1, in 1981.
The first space shuttle, Columbia, launched on April 12, 1981. It was known as mission STS-1 and marked the beginning of the space shuttle program. Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen piloted the shuttle on its historic flight.
The first space shuttle to go into space was the Space Shuttle Columbia. It completed its first orbital flight on April 12, 1981, as part of the STS-1 mission.
The first space shuttle flight, known as STS-1, took place on April 12, 1981. The shuttle named Columbia was piloted by astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen. It marked the inaugural mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program.
The first manned space shuttle was the Space Shuttle Columbia, which launched on April 12, 1981 as part of the STS-1 mission. It was piloted by astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen.
The first space shuttle, Columbia, launched on April 12, 1981.
The first space shuttle was first launched in 1981.
1981 = First Space Shuttle Launch
The crew of the first space shuttle mission to orbit the Earth was STS-1, piloted by John Young and Robert Crippen. It launched on April 12, 1981, and successfully completed 36 orbits before landing on April 14, 1981.
The first space shuttle, known as Columbia, went into space on April 12, 1981. It was the inaugural flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program.
No Space Shuttle existed in 1969. The first shuttle launched in 1981.
The Columbia shuttle was built first in April 12, 1981. The Columbia shuttle was built first in April 12, 1981.