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Space Shuttle
After a gap of six years, NASA returned to human spaceflight in 1981, with the advent of the Space Shuttle. The Shuttle's first mission, STS-1, took off on April 12, 1981, demonstrating that it could take off vertically and glide to an unpowered airplane-like landing. On STS-6, during April 4-9, 1983, F. Story Musgrave and Donald H. Peterson conducted the first Shuttle EVA, to test new spacesuits and work in the Shuttle's cargo bay. Sally K. Ride became the first American woman to fly in space when STS-7 lifted off on June 18, 1983, another early milestone of the Shuttle program.
On January 28, 1986 a leak in the joints of one of two Solid Rocket Boosters attached to the Challenger orbiter caused the main liquid fuel tank to explode 73 seconds after launch, killing all 7 crew members. The Shuttle program was grounded for over two years, while NASA and its contractors worked to redesign the Solid Rocket Boosters and implement management reforms to increase safety. On September 29, 1988, the Shuttle successfully returned to flight. Through mid-1998, NASA has safely launched 65 Shuttle missions since the return to flight. These have included a wide variety of scientific and engineering missions. There are four Shuttle orbiters in NASA's fleet: Atlantis, Columbia, Discovery, and Endeavour.
space shuttle Columbia
The first space shuttle invented was the space shuttle enterprise.
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Space Shuttle Columbia
The Space Shuttle Columbia. It was the first shuttle to fly into space in 1981.
space shuttle Columbia
The first space shuttle invented was the space shuttle enterprise.
columbia was launched feburary 1st
Of the first Space Shuttle; Enterprise. Of the first space worthy Space Shuttle; Columbia.
Space Shuttle Columbia
Space Shuttle Columbia
The Space Shuttle Columbia. It was the first shuttle to fly into space in 1981.
April 1981 , space shuttle Columbia
NASA developed the Space Shuttle as the United States "Space Transportation System" (STS). The first unpowered Shuttle landing was by the "Enterprise" on August 12, 1977, and the first space mission by the shuttle Columbia on April 12-14, 1981.
The first Space shuttle to launch was Columbia in April of 1981
On April 12, 1981 the space shuttle Columbia was the first shuttle to orbit the Earth.
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