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Who commanded the first space shuttle flight in 1981?
John Young, on his fifth space flight (the pilot was Bob Crippen, on his first space flight)
Who is the only woman to command space shuttle mission?
Eileen Collins commanded the STS-114 'Return To Flight' mission in 1999 and was the first female commander of a shuttle mission. This mission was the first to fly after the tragic loss of the shuttle 'Columbia' and its crew.
Who was the first to ride in the first space shuttle?
Neil Armstrong
Who first launched the space shuttle?
Armstrong guy
What year did the space shuttle fly?
The first shuttle, Columbia, was launched April 12, 1981. The last flight will be flown by Atlantis. It is scheduled for July 2011.
When was the first space shuttle launched?
The first space shuttle, Columbia, was the first shuttle launched into space on April 12, 1981. Prior to this, the shuttle Enterprise had performed flights to test various capabilities of the shuttle within earth's atmosphere. Enterprise was not designed for space flight.
Was the first space shuttle flight successful?
Yes.
Who did Neil Armstrong fly with on his first space flight?
David R Scott was in the Gemini VIII capsule along side Neil Armstrong. Scott, like Armstrong went on to command an Apollo mission, and walk on the Moon during the Apollo 15 mission.
What was the space-shuttle to carry neil Armstrong?
There was no "Space Shuttle" when Neil Armstrong launched, and he never flew on one. Armstrong was a member of the 3-man crew aboard Apollo 11, along with Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins, launched in July 1969. The three of them together rode the Apollo command module to the vicinity of the moon, and entered lunar orbit. Armstrong and Aldrin then climbed into the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), separated from the command module, and descended to the lunar surface, where they became the first humans to walk on the surface of the moon, while Collins continued to orbit the moon in the command module. The Space Shuttle program came 15 years later, and none of the shuttles was ever capable of going anywhere near the moon.
What was the first ever space shuttle called?
Enterprise was the first space shuttle. It's first flight was on Feb 18th 1977 aboard a modified 747 aircraft.Columbia was the first space shuttle to orbit the Earth. On April 12, 1981. See related link for more information
What year did the spaceshuttle challenger have its first flight?
The space shuttle Challenger had its first flight in April 1983.
When was the first flight of the space shuttle Columbia?
The first flight of the space shuttle Columbia was on April 12, 1981. It was the inaugural flight of NASA's space shuttle program, known as STS-1. Commander John Young and pilot Robert Crippen were onboard for this historic mission.
