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STS-1

STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1) was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The first orbiter, Columbia, launched on April 12, 1981, and returned on April 14, 1981, 54.5 hours later, having orbited the Earth 37 times. Columbia carried a crew of two—commander John W. Young and pilot Robert L. Crippen. It was the first American…

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Apogee altitude
274 km (170 mi)
Contractor
Rockwell International
COSPAR ID
1981-034A
Crew size
2
Distance travelled
1,729,348 km (1,074,567 mi)
Inclination
40.30°

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Overview

Crew

Mission parameters

Suborbital mission plan

Mission summary

Mission insignia

Anniversary

External tank

In popular culture

Wake-up calls

Pad fatalities

Gallery

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STS-1

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Edges142
Triples213
Avg. degree1.99
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STS-1

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related to Mission anomalies · 37
STS-1 → Air Force, An, Analysis, Blue Cube, Columbia, Columbia's, Crippen, During, External Tank, External Tank's, He, Images, John Young, KH-11, KH-11 KENNEN, LC-39A, Mach, NASA, OMS, OMS/RCS
related to Crew · 26
STS-1 → Apollo, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, ASTP, Astronaut Office, Chief, Columbia, Commander, Commander John Young, Crippen, EMU, Extravehicular Mobility Units, He, If, Manned Orbiting Laboratory, MOL, Moon, NASA, NASA Astronaut Group, Prior, Project Gemini
related to Pad fatalities · 21
STS-1 → An, Apollo, April, At, Bjornstad, Cape Canaveral, Cole, During, Forrest Cole, John Bjornstad, March, Moon, Mullon, Nick Mullon, Of, Security, Several, Space Shuttle Columbia, The, These
related to Suborbital mission plan · 21
STS-1 → Abort, Carter Administration, Dakar, During, He, John, Mondale, Moon, NASA, National Space Council, Return To Launch Site, RTLS, Senegal, Space Shuttle, SRBs, STS-9, The NASA, This, To, Vice President Walter
related to Further reading · 19
STS-1 → Columbia's Astronauts' Own Story, Comprehensive, Crippen, Hanaway, ISSN, John, Moorehead, NASA, National Geographic, OCLC, October, Our Phenomenal First Flight, Report, Robert, SP-504, Space Shuttle Orbiter Avionics, Systems, Vol, Young
related to Mission summary · 18
STS-1 → April, BFS, Columbia, Columbia's, GPCs, IBM System/4 Pi, Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex, NASA, Not, OPF, Orbiter Processing Facility, Pad, Space Shuttle, The, The STS-1, UTC, Vostok
related to Gallery · 15
STS-1 → An, April, Columbia, Columbia's, Commander John Young, Complex, December, Edwards Air Force Base, Houston, Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex, Mission Operations Control Room, Pilot Robert Crippen, Rogers Dry Lake, Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
related to In popular culture · 12
STS-1 → Apollo, Columbia, Countdown, Crippen, Moon, MTV, NASA, Neil Armstrong, Rush, Signals, The, Young
related to Anniversary · 10
STS-1 → Firing Room, In, Kennedy Space Center, Launch Control Center, NASA, Space Shuttle, The, Young-Crippen Firing Room, Yuri Gagarin's Vostok, Yuri's Night
related to External tank · 7
STS-1 → External Tank, Shuttle's, Space Shuttle, STS-2, STS-3, The, To

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columbia flight launch space first young shuttle crew mission crippen orbiter landing nasa john system test control 1981 two orbital

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STS-1Apogee altitude274 km (170 mi)1.00infobox
STS-1ContractorRockwell International1.00infobox
STS-1COSPAR ID1981-034A1.00infobox
STS-1Crew size21.00infobox
STS-1Distance travelled1,729,348 km (1,074,567 mi)1.00infobox
STS-1Inclination40.30°1.00infobox
STS-1Landing dateApril 14, 1981, 18:20:57 (1981-04-14UTC18:20:58Z) UTC (10:20:57 am PST)1.00infobox
STS-1Landing siteEdwards, Runway 231.00infobox
STS-1Launch dateApril 12, 1981, 12:00:04 (1981-04-12UTC12:00:04Z) UTC (07:00:04 am EST)1.00infobox
STS-1Launch siteKennedy, LC-39A1.00infobox
STS-1MembersJohn Young1.00infobox
STS-1MembersRobert Crippen1.00infobox
STS-1Mission duration2 days, 6 hours, 20 minutes, 53 seconds1.00infobox
STS-1Mission typeFlight test1.00infobox
STS-1NamesSpace Transportation System-11.00infobox
STS-1OperatorNASA1.00infobox
STS-1Orbits completed361.00infobox
STS-1Perigee altitude246 km (153 mi)1.00infobox
STS-1Period89.88 minutes1.00infobox
STS-1Reference systemGeocentric orbit1.00infobox
STS-1RegimeLow Earth orbit1.00infobox
STS-1SATCAT no.123991.00infobox
STS-1SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Columbia1.00infobox

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