HOUSTON — NASA's first space shuttle launch, 35 years ago, demonstrated that a winged orbiter could lift off like a rocket and land like an airplane, able to fly again. For the two astronauts who flew ...
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Twenty-five years ago this week, NASA launched two astronauts into orbit aboard the first flight of the Columbia space shuttle. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...
NASA’s Columbia Space Shuttle was a huge success and provided humanity with its first reusable spacecraft that could make multiple trips to space and back. On April 12, 1981, the Columbia Space ...