STS-1 Launch
April 12, 2011
pace shuttle Columbia launched April 12, 1981, for the first time on a test flight that would kick off a 30-year career for the nation’s orbiter fleet. credit: NASA
Topics:
Edwards Air Force Base, Manned spacecraft, Space Shuttle program, Columbia, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, STS-1, Space Shuttle Orbiter, Space Shuttle Columbia, Space accidents and incidents, Space Shuttle, NASA
