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Q: What went to into space on August 20 1977 but was not popular until1989?
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WHAT went into space on August 20 1977?

Two identical spacecrafts know as Voyager 1 & 2 were designed to study Jupiter and Saturn. Voyager 2 was launched first on August 20, 1977


When did space probes Voyager 1 And Voyager 2 launch?

Voyager 1 was launched on the 5th of September 1977 and Voyager 2 was launched before voyager 1 on the 20th of August 1977.


Who invented the space shuttle?

NASA developed the Space Shuttle as the United States "Space Transportation System" (STS). The first unpowered Shuttle landing was by the "Enterprise" on August 12, 1977, and the first space mission by the shuttle Columbia on April 12-14, 1981.


When was the first space shuttle flight?

The first flight into space for a shuttle was on April 12, 1981 as mission STS - 1, with John Young and Robert Crippen on-board Columbia.The space shuttle Enterprise, which was never intended for flight into space, first flew on 12 August 1977 at the start of a number of non-space test flights.


When was the first flight of the us space shuttle?

April 12, 1981Depending on what you consider the first flight, the answer is 18 February 1977, 12 August 1977, or 12 April 1981.DateOrbiterMajor event02/18/1977EnterpriseFirst flight; Attached to Enterprise Shuttle Carrier Aircraft throughout flight.08/12/1977EnterpriseFirst free flight; Tailcone on; lakebed landing10/12/1977EnterpriseThird free flight; First with no tailcone; lakebed landing10/26/1977EnterpriseFinal Enterprise free flight; First landing on Edwards AFB concrete runway.04/12/1981ColumbiaFirst Columbia flight, first orbital test flight; STS-1Enterprise never flew in space but it did fly in the atmosphere. If you consider Enterprise to count as one of the space shuttles, then the first flight was in 1977. If you only count the flights that launched into space, then Columbia was the first flight and occurred in 1981.