The space shuttle Columbia was named for a Boston-based sloop (a type of sailboat) captained by Robert Gray, which was the first American vessel to circumnavigate the globe.
It was also named after the Apollo 11 Command Module, the first manned craft to land on another celestial body.
The first space shuttle to fly in space was named Columbia. It completed its maiden flight on April 12, 1981.
The first Space Shuttle, named Columbia, took off into space on April 12, 1981.
There were 5. Space Shuttle Columbia (destroyed in 2003), Space Shuttle Challenger (destroyed in 1886), Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Atlantis, and Space Shuttle Endeavour.
The second space shuttle was named "Challenger." It followed the first space shuttle, Columbia, in NASA's fleet of reusable spacecraft. Challenger tragically disintegrated shortly after launch in 1986.
The space shuttle program began with the flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981.
The first space shuttle to fly in space was named Columbia. It completed its maiden flight on April 12, 1981.
The first Space Shuttle, named Columbia, took off into space on April 12, 1981.
the space shuttle was named as Columbia
There were 5. Space Shuttle Columbia (destroyed in 2003), Space Shuttle Challenger (destroyed in 1886), Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Atlantis, and Space Shuttle Endeavour.
The purpose of the Columbia space shuttle was to go into space
The second space shuttle was named "Challenger." It followed the first space shuttle, Columbia, in NASA's fleet of reusable spacecraft. Challenger tragically disintegrated shortly after launch in 1986.
The space shuttle program began with the flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981.
The space shuttle that exploded over Texas in 2003 was the Space Shuttle Columbia.
Space Shuttle Columbia
The first space shuttle developed by NASA was the Space Shuttle Enterprise, which never flew in space and was used for atmospheric flight tests. The first space shuttle to reach space was the Space Shuttle Columbia, which launched on April 12, 1981.
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster happened on 2003-02-01.
Of the first Space Shuttle; Enterprise. Of the first space worthy Space Shuttle; Columbia.