NASA has two big vehicles called crawlers: the shuttle gets lifted vertically onto the top of these crawlers, attached to the other rockets, then the crawler 'crawls' to the launch "site" where takeoff happens. so technically, the launch "pad" is the top of the crawler, so the shuttle got to the "pad" on a crane, but got to the launch "site" on top of the nasa crawler.
The first space shuttle to launch into space was Columbia on April 12, 1981. It was the inaugural mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and marked the beginning of a new era in space exploration.
The first space shuttle, Columbia, was launched on April 12, 1981.
The maiden flight of the first space shuttle, Columbia, was on April 12, 1981. (On February 1, 2003, following its 28th space flight, Columbia was destroyed during reentry, with the loss of its crew of seven astronauts.)
The first Space Shuttle launch was on April 12th, 1981. NASA (USA) launched Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-1.
Design and building of the US space shuttle began in the 1970's, and after many delays the first flight was in 1981.
The first Space shuttle to launch was Columbia in April of 1981
The first space shuttle to launch into space was Columbia on April 12, 1981. It was the inaugural mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and marked the beginning of a new era in space exploration.
The first space shuttle, Columbia, was launched on April 12, 1981.
The maiden flight of the first space shuttle, Columbia, was on April 12, 1981. (On February 1, 2003, following its 28th space flight, Columbia was destroyed during reentry, with the loss of its crew of seven astronauts.)
The first Space Shuttle launch was on April 12th, 1981. NASA (USA) launched Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-1.
Design and building of the US space shuttle began in the 1970's, and after many delays the first flight was in 1981.
The Space Shuttle program began in 1981 with the launch of STS-1, the first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
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.
The name of the first space shuttle to ever launch was "Columbia." It launched on April 12, 1981.
In April 1981, NASA conducted the first flight of the Space Shuttle program with the launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-1 mission. This marked the beginning of the Space Shuttle era for NASA's human spaceflight missions.
The landmark space event that took place in April 1981 was the launch of the first Space Shuttle mission, STS-1, by NASA. The Space Shuttle Columbia carried astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen on this historic mission.
The first space shuttle to launch to space and return was space shuttle Columbia on the 12th of April 1981, only 20 years after Yuri Gagarines historic voyage to space.