Space Shuttle Columbia was launched on mission STS-1
The first space shuttle was first launched in 1981.
Columbia
The first space shuttle, Columbia, was launched on April 12, 1981.
The name of the first Space Shuttle that was launched was Columbia. It embarked on its maiden voyage on April 12, 1981.
The name of the first shuttle to be launched was Columbia. It was launched on April 12, 1981, for the inaugural flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program.
Russia a shuttle of "sorts" then on April 12th 1981 the USA with Columbia launched the real mccoy.
The United States launched the first space shuttle, called the Space Shuttle Columbia, on April 12, 1981. It was part of the NASA space shuttle program.
Columbia
Columbia
Space Shuttle Columbia launched STS-1 on April 12th, 1981.
The first space shuttle, Columbia, was the first shuttle launched into space on April 12, 1981. Prior to this, the shuttle Enterprise had performed flights to test various capabilities of the shuttle within earth's atmosphere. Enterprise was not designed for space flight.