What was the name of the first space shuttle?

Answer 1

The first constructed Space Shuttle was the Enterprise. It was a craft only used for handling and landing tests and study glide characteristics. It never traveled into space. The first flight certified shuttle was Columbia, the first shuttle to fly into space in 1981.

First space shuttle used for testing transport / return was Enterprise, which was not made fully functional until other craft were lost.

Enterprise was the first space shuttle, but was not meant to go into space, and was used for testing purposes. Colombia was the first fully- functional shuttle.

Original the Space Shuttle was going to called the Constitution but a lot of fan from the Televison show "Star Trek" wrote to NASA and because of all the letter, NASA renamed it to "Enterprise"

Also the Space Shuttle Enterprise was use in the credit for the show "Star Trek: Enterprise" when it was pull out from the hanger

Enterprise, the first Space Shuttle Orbiter, was originally to be named Constitution (in honor of the U.S. Constitution's Bicentennial). However, viewers of the popular TV Science Fiction show Star Trek started a write-in campaign urging the White House to select the name Enterprise.

Columbia was the first shuttle to enter space on 12 April 1981. The shuttle Enterprise was used before this, but never went into space.

The first Space Shuttle completed was named "Enterprise", and was completed in 1977. It never made space flight, though, as it never was equipped with a functioning heat shield, or even engines. It was used simply for test flights within the atmosphere. The first Space Shuttle to complete a mission to space was named the "Columbia". It was completed in 1979, and made the first trip to space of any Space Shuttle in 1981.

Answer 2

The name of the first space shuttle was Columbia. It completed its first orbital mission on April 12, 1981.