Watch CNN's 1981 coverage of Space Shuttle Columbia launch
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Watch CNN's 1981 coverage of Space Shuttle Columbia launch
CNN reported on the launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft became the first reusable manned shuttle to travel into space.
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