Back on April 12, 1981, the space shuttle roared to life for the first time. Columbia lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying two astronauts – a moonwalker, John Young, and a rookie, Bob Crippen.
Columbia’s two-day mission proved that the space shuttle could safely launch and land. Previously, all orbital spaceflights had been in capsules heaved into space atop rockets and used only once. The shuttle was designed to kick off an era of reusability, increasing reliability while reducing costs.In many ways, those early hopes for shuttle safety and efficiency never panned out and the fleet was retired in 2011 after the loss of two crews. But STS-1 was a remarkable first flight nonetheless.
at the time thought the white paint would help keep the tank cooler, but it added 600 pounds of weight.That may not sound like a lot – the shuttle was designed to carry up to 65,000 pounds – but every little bit helps and ’s SLS rockets that carry the Orion capsule still use that same orange insulation.RELATED: These recycled space shuttle parts are now powering Artemis I to spaceAfter years of delays, STS-1 was finally scheduled for launch on April 10, 1981. But a computer problem scrubbed that first launch attempt, so
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