The USA's Enterprise was the first shuttle but was built in 1976 as a test platform for the future shuttle fleet. The Challenger was the first to achieve Earth orbit in 1981.
Of the Soviet fleet of shuttles, only one acheved Earth orbit and successful reentry, but this occured much later, when the USSR decided the US shuttles represented a serious security threat. The Soviet shuttles were moth-balled upon the collapse of the CCCP (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).
No other countries have built successful shuttles.
The first space shuttle, STA-099, was built in the late 1970s.
The first space shuttle, the Space Shuttle Columbia, was developed by NASA and made its first test flight on April 12, 1981. It was a reusable spacecraft designed to carry astronauts and cargo to and from space.
sputnik-1 was the first space craft by Russia
The first reusable space ship was the Space Shuttle created by NASA. Named Space Shuttle Columbia.
The first shuttle that went into space was the Space Shuttle Columbia. It made a total of 28 missions. The shuttle was commanded by pilot John Young who was the first one to land it as well.
the dimensions of the first space shuttle are what they are that is the way that they were made so if you have a problem wiht that deal with it
James Kay did not invent the first space shuttle. The first space shuttle, known as the Space Shuttle Enterprise, was developed by NASA and made its first test flight in 1977. The concept of a reusable space shuttle was proposed in the 1960s as a way to make space travel more cost-effective.
The first space shuttle ever built was the Space Shuttle Enterprise. It was constructed as a prototype and test vehicle and never flew into space. Enterprise was used for approach and landing tests before the operational shuttle flights began with Columbia.
The first shuttle to enter space and return was the Space Shuttle Columbia, which launched on April 12, 1981. It was the first mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and made a successful landing back on Earth two days later.
Design and building of the US space shuttle began in the 1970's, and after many delays the first flight was in 1981.
The Columbia space shuttle was built in the 1970s and was the first operational space shuttle in NASA's fleet. It made its maiden flight on April 12, 1981.
The first space shuttle, known as the Space Shuttle Columbia, was built by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. It was part of the Space Shuttle program and made its first orbital flight in 1981.