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Columbia
Neil Armstrong has not flown on the Space Shuttle.
NASA's oldest operational space shuttle, first flown in 1984, was named the Discovery. It was named to honor the spirit of exploration and the quest for knowledge, reflecting the legacy of previous ships and missions that carried the name "Discovery." The shuttle completed a total of 39 missions before its retirement in 2011.
Of the first Space Shuttle; Enterprise. Of the first space worthy Space Shuttle; Columbia.
Atlantis was the last space shuttle, But the mission was STS-135
Atlantis was the space shuttle used on STS-38. However, this was the 37th actual flight of the shuttle system. The 38th flight was on mission STS-39, which was flown by the shuttle Discovery.
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.
Sunita Williams has flown on space shuttles Discovery and Atlantis as part of her missions with NASA.
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.
Buran, meaning 'snowstorm' in Russian, is the name of the Russian version of the space shuttle. It was only ever flown once, unmanned, in 1988 and was destroyed when its hangar collapsed in 2002.
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.