The article presents a brief history of the Space Shuttle Columbia from its first launch on April 12, 1981 with U.S. astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen to its final trip to space on February 1, 2003 when it exploded during re-entry ...
Space shuttle Columbia'sfirst flight into spacetook place on Apr. 12, 1981, according to NASA. The shuttle program was officially referred to as theSpace Transportation System (STS), so this flight was STS-1. The mission had a two-person crew: the commander,John Young, a veteran of Gemin...
CAPE CANAVERAL - No onereally expected the first space shuttle to fly on April 12, 25 years ago. It was only the secondcountdown for Columbia. A computer glitch scrubbed the first attempt two daysearlier. After struggling through the ship's creation, workers and astronautsalike were sure seve...
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The first shuttle flight into space was the Columbia--launched from the Kennedy Space Centre on 12th April, 1981. The aim of this flight was to test the new shuttle system, to go safely up into orbit and to return to the Earth for a safe landing. It was a success and a little more...
The First Flight of the Space Shuttle: STS-1When President Reagan took office in January 1981, the Space Shuttle Columbia was on the launch pad, awaiting its first flight, and the author was busy preparing flight data file documents to accompanMarianne J. Dyson...
When John Young and Robert Crippen boarded space shuttle Columbia for its first launch on April 12, 1981, they were both clad in modified pressure suits originally designed for the U.S. Air Force's SR-71 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft.
The firstshuttle flight into space was the Columbia-6.(launch) from the Kennedy Space Centre on 12th April,1981, which was the start of a ncw age of space travel. In1986, the Challenger carrying the first civilian, Christa,who hoped 7.(communicate)a sense ofexcitement and create new ...
American Space Agency officials say the new space shuttle (航天飞机) Columbia will be nearly for its next flight in only sixty days. The Columbia landed on Saturday in California after a successful five-day flight. Space officials said preparations for the next flight must be done quickly becaus...
The Columbia space shuttle disaster from first liftoff to tragic final flight MD Cole 被引量: 0发表: 2006年 NASA's Space Launch System Marks Critical Design Review With completion of its Critical Design Review (CDR) in 2015, NASA is deep into the manufacturing and testing phases of its new...