On the 12th of April 1981, 20 years after Yuri Gagarine became the first man in space, Commander John Young and Pilot Robert Crippen became the first astronauts to fly the space shuttle in space. They returned safely two days later, the 14th of April.
The Space Shuttle Columbia's first flight was on April 12, 1981.
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.
The first space shuttle, named Columbia, was flown by astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen on April 12, 1981. They successfully completed the STS-1 mission, which marked the inaugural flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program.
Space Shuttle Columbia flew a total of 28 missions, starting with its first mission in 1981 and ending with its final mission in 2003 when it tragically disintegrated upon re-entry.
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The first space shuttle that "flew" was the Enterprise, but it was not capable of space flight.The first orbital shuttle was Columbia.The next orbital shuttle was Challenger.
There were two men on the first Space Shuttle flight -- John W. Young and Robert Crippen
No. The first shuttle that flew was the Enterprise. The first that traveled into space was Columbia
the short answer is the space shuttle Columbia on STS-1
Yes. Columbia was the first of the space shuttles to actually fly into space. The first recognizable 'space shuttle' was called the Enterrprise. It was built to do glide and landing tests before the Columbia flew into space in 1981.
Enterprise but it never flew but Columbia was the first in space