The first manned shuttle to actually reach Space was Columbia aka OV-102. The first mission was called STS-1 and there were two astronauts - Commander John Young and pilot Bob Crippen.
A space shuttle is a reusable spacecraft meant for manned missions into orbit.
The space shuttle did not launch on the first moon adventure. The first manned mission to land on the moon was Apollo 11, and it launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 16, 1969. The space shuttle program began in 1981, and the shuttles launched from Kennedy Space Center as well.
The Space Shuttle was the first and only reusable manned vehicle to date, could land on a runway, haul astronauts and cargo at the same time, and service and construct space stations.
There were six manned Mercury missions, between 1961 and 1963, which were part of the United States' first human spaceflight program. These missions aimed to prove human spaceflight was possible and lay the foundation for future space missions.
The main difference is that a manned Mars mission is a great deal longer.
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the space shuttle (discovery) was the first manned space ship that was reuseable.
The first Shuttle that flew was piggy backed on top of a modified 747 and it's name was Enterprise. The first shuttle launched was Columbia.
A space shuttle is a reusable spacecraft meant for manned missions into orbit.
The first manned space shuttle mission occurred on the 12th of April 1981. However it was the space shuttle Columbia, not the Saturn V rocket. The Saturn V rocket was first used for a manned mission on December the 21st 1968. Two very different space vehicles. The Saturn V rocket was used to send man to the Moon, where as the space shuttle is used to sent humans into Earth orbit.
None. The space shuttle is not capable of going to the moon. The only manned spacecraft to go to the moon were the lunar landers of the Apollo missions, which took place before the first space shuttle was built.
All Shuttles were manned. STS-1.
Space Shuttle Mission STS-2 marked the first launching of a manned manned spacecraft by setting off into space twice in 1981.
The space shuttle did not launch on the first moon adventure. The first manned mission to land on the moon was Apollo 11, and it launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 16, 1969. The space shuttle program began in 1981, and the shuttles launched from Kennedy Space Center as well.
The Space Shuttle was the first and only reusable manned vehicle to date, could land on a runway, haul astronauts and cargo at the same time, and service and construct space stations.
There were six manned Mercury missions, between 1961 and 1963, which were part of the United States' first human spaceflight program. These missions aimed to prove human spaceflight was possible and lay the foundation for future space missions.
There was only 6 Space Shuttles. Only 5 of them went into space.