Yes, it was the first space shuttle to go to space
American Space Shuttle - Columbia April 13, 1981 (STS-1) Soviet (Russian) Orbiter - Buran November 15, 1988
Columbia was the first of the shuttle fleet to go into space. This mission, STS-1, was commanded by John Young, a veteran of the Gemini and Apollo missions. It was also the orbiter that disintegrated during re-entry in 2003.
The Space Shuttle, developed by NASA, was America's first reusable spacecraft. It was introduced in 1981 and consisted of an orbiter, solid rocket boosters, and an external fuel tank. The Space Shuttle program continued until 2011.
The very first Space Shuttle was called Enterprise. However this was just used for test purposes and although it was initially intended to do so, it was never used for actual space flights. It was used for testing basic flight and landing operations within Earth's atmosphere. The first one to go into space was Columbia.
it lets you orbit around space and go back to earth safely
Cape Kennedy Florida Shuttle Columbia in 1981
The purpose of the Columbia space shuttle was to go into space
On April 12, 1981 the space shuttle Columbia was the first shuttle to orbit the Earth.
The first American space shuttle, Columbia, went into space on April 12, 1981.
Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian woman to go to space. She took part in the Space Shuttle Columbia mission in 1997 and in 2003, unfortunately, lost her life during the re-entry of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
No.Endeavor first went into space on May 7th, 1992.The first space shuttle to go into space was Columbia on April 12th, 1981.See related link for more information
STS-1 was the first space shuttle mission. During this mission, space shuttle Columbia was commanded by Capt. John W. Young and piloted by Capt. Robert L. Crippen.