The first flight into space for a shuttle was on April 12, 1981 as mission STS - 1, with John Young and Robert Crippen on-board Columbia.
The space shuttle Enterprise, which was never intended for flight into space, first flew on 12 August 1977 at the start of a number of non-space test flights.
The first shuttle, Columbia, was launched April 12, 1981. The last flight will be flown by Atlantis. It is scheduled for July 2011.
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.
On April 12, 1981 the space shuttle Columbia was the first shuttle to orbit the Earth.
The first reusable space ship was the Space Shuttle created by NASA. Named Space Shuttle Columbia.
The first space shuttle, the Space Shuttle Columbia, was developed by NASA and made its first test flight on April 12, 1981. It was a reusable spacecraft designed to carry astronauts and cargo to and from space.
The first shuttle, Columbia, was launched April 12, 1981. The last flight will be flown by Atlantis. It is scheduled for July 2011.
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.
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On April 12, 1981 the space shuttle Columbia was the first shuttle to orbit the Earth.
The first reusable space ship was the Space Shuttle created by NASA. Named Space Shuttle Columbia.
The first space shuttle, the Space Shuttle Columbia, was developed by NASA and made its first test flight on April 12, 1981. It was a reusable spacecraft designed to carry astronauts and cargo to and from space.
sputnik-1 was the first space craft by Russia
Enterprise was the first space shuttle. It's first flight was on Feb 18th 1977 aboard a modified 747 aircraft.Columbia was the first space shuttle to orbit the Earth. On April 12, 1981. See related link for more information
The first space shuttle that "flew" was the Enterprise, but it was not capable of space flight.The first orbital shuttle was Columbia.The next orbital shuttle was Challenger.
The US's first space shuttle was called Columbia. It was part of NASA's Space Shuttle Program and completed its first orbital flight on April 12, 1981.
There were two men on the first Space Shuttle flight -- John W. Young and Robert Crippen
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.)