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When was the first space shuttle launch by NASA?
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#53897. Asked by joezhou300.
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romeomikegolf
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April 12 1981 was the date it first went into orbit.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010412.html
On April 12, 1981, the Space Shuttle Columbia became the first shuttle to orbit the Earth. Flown by Commander John W. Young and Pilot Robert L. Crippen, Columbia spent two days aloft on its check-out mission, STS-1, which ended in a smooth landing, airplane-style, at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Ferried back to Kennedy by a modified Boeing 747, Columbia was launched again seven months later on STS-2, becoming the first piloted reuseable orbiter.
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meatloafgas
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space shutle columbia. a fact is that it had a white external tank. the mission was entitled STS-1. then launched again, being the only shuttle to use a white tank.
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