The first Shuttle that flew was piggy backed on top of a modified 747 and it's name was Enterprise. The first shuttle launched was Columbia.
There was only 6 Space Shuttles. Only 5 of them went into space.
Of the first Space Shuttle; Enterprise. Of the first space worthy Space Shuttle; Columbia.
sputnik-1 was the first space craft by Russia
The name of the first Space Shuttle that was launched was Columbia. It embarked on its maiden voyage on April 12, 1981.
The space shuttle that landed on the moon was called Apollo. The Apollo missions were a series of manned missions conducted by NASA during the 1960s and 1970s, with Apollo 11 being the first to successfully land astronauts on the moon in 1969.
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 challenger
First satellite repaired bya space shuttle in outerspace was "Solar Max" and was completed by astronauts George "Pinkey" Nelson and James "Ox" Van Hoften using manned maneuvering units and was performed on April 8 & 11, 1984. This was the first time a satellite was repaired in space.
The name of the first space shuttle that was run through free flight simulation was Enterprise, but the first space shuttle to actually reach orbit was Columbia in 1981.
The first shuttle launch was April 12, 1981. It was called STS-1
On May 5 1961 Mercury 3 took Alan Shepard to space making it America's first manned space flight
The first space shuttle sent into outer space was the Space Shuttle Columbia. It was launched on April 12, 1981, as part of the STS-1 mission.