The International Space Station. Credit: NASA
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

MAIDEN VOYAGE OF SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA


FROM:  NASA
On April 12, 1981, astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen launched into space on space shuttle Columbia on the STS-1 mission--NASA's first mission aboard a reusable spacecraft. STS-1 was NASA's first manned mission since the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. In this image, the two solid rocket boosters are aglow after being jettisoned. Image Credit: NASA