george w bush
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The first STS mission, with the first Space Shuttle launch (Columbia)
1986
it weighs 890 kg
The shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff.
Nixon
The first president to watch a space liftoff first hand was John F. Kennedy. He witnessed the launch of the Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 11 mission to the moon on July 16, 1969.
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The first STS mission, with the first Space Shuttle launch (Columbia)
It depends on whether you're in space or not
1986
it weighs 890 kg
The Kennedy Space centre or, of course, Youtube...
The shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff.
From liftoff the Shuttle can be in outer space within 7 to 9 minutes.
No, but it did ground the program for 2 years.
The first space shuttle to explode during liftoff was the space shuttle Challengerin 1986. The second shuttle disaster occured on the 1st of Febuary 2003 to space shuttle Columbia. In boh disasters, 7 astronauts lost their lives.