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'''STS-1''' was the first manned space mission conducted by the United States [[National Aeronautical and Space Administration]] (NASA) | '''STS-1''' was the first manned space mission in the Space Transport System (STS) program conducted by the United States [[National Aeronautical and Space Administration]] (NASA). A crew of two NASA astronauts, [[John Young]] and [[Robert Crippen]], conducted the two day, six-hour test flight aboard Space Shuttle ''Columbia''. | ||
==Mission Details== | ==Mission Details== | ||
Revision as of 09:37, 21 January 2007
STS-1 was the first manned space mission in the Space Transport System (STS) program conducted by the United States National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA). A crew of two NASA astronauts, John Young and Robert Crippen, conducted the two day, six-hour test flight aboard Space Shuttle Columbia.
Mission Details
- Launched 12 April 1981 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida
- Landed 14 April 1981 at Edwards Air Force Base, California
Crew
- John Young, Commander
- Robert Crippen, Pilot