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This space shuttle was destroyed in flight.?
Challenger
When did the first space shuttle launch into 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.)
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.
What space shuttle was destroyed in flight?
The Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed in flight during the STS-51-L mission in 1986. The shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff, resulting in the tragic loss of all seven crew members aboard.
The first space shuttle?
The first space shuttle developed by NASA was the Space Shuttle Enterprise, which never flew in space and was used for atmospheric flight tests. The first space shuttle to reach space was the Space Shuttle Columbia, which launched on April 12, 1981.
What was the second space shuttle to orbit the earth?
The second Shuttle into orbit was the Challenger in April, 1993; the first was Columbia in April, 1981.Ironically, both were destroyed in flight: Challenger on Takeoff in 1986, Columbia on landing in 2003.
When was the first reusable space ship?
The first reusable space ship was the Space Shuttle created by NASA. Named Space Shuttle Columbia.
When did the first space shuttle go into space?
On April 12, 1981 the space shuttle Columbia was the first shuttle to orbit the Earth.
When was the first space shuttle invented?
The first space shuttle, the Space Shuttle Columbia, was developed by NASA and made its first test flight on April 12, 1981. It was a reusable spacecraft designed to carry astronauts and cargo to and from space.
Was the first space shuttle flight successful?
Yes.
The name of the first space shuttle?
sputnik-1 was the first space craft by Russia
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
