John Young & Bob Crippen
The name of the first space shuttle that shuttled crew to and from their jobs in spaceis called Elicoll. After the first female shuttle commander Eileen Collins, a true hero in todays history.
The first space shuttle to be sent into space was the Space Shuttle Columbia, launched on April 12, 1981, as part of the STS-1 mission. The crew consisted of astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen.
Lt. Colonel Eileen Collins
The space shuttle program included several shuttles, such as Atlantis, Challenger, Columbia, Discovery, and Endeavour, which transported crew to and from space.
The maiden flight of the first space shuttle, Columbia, was on April 12, 1981. (On February 1, 2003, following its 28th space flight, Columbia was destroyed during reentry, with the loss of its crew of seven astronauts.)
The Space Shuttle Columbia was the first US space shuttle. Columbia took its maiden voyage in 1981. In 2003, Columbia was destroyed during re-entry, which resulted in the death of its entire crew.
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The space shuttle that exploded in 2003 was the Space Shuttle Columbia. It disintegrated upon re-entry into Earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003, tragically resulting in the loss of all seven crew members aboard.
No, he was not the first man in space, but he was the first Canadian in space. On October 5, 1984, he was part of a seven-man space shuttle crew.
The first space shuttle disaster was the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986. The shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after launch, resulting in the tragic loss of all seven crew members on board.
Several things: # One of the crew members, Christa McAuliffe, was a civilian school teacher. # All seven members of the crew were killed when the Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff on January 28, 1986.
The Space Shuttle Columbia was the very first Space Shuttle that was launch on April 12th 1981 at the Kennedy Space Center. At that time the crew of the first shuttle launch was only two crewmembers (Commnader John Young & Pilot Robert Crippen)