Buy this STS-1 Launch space photo. High quality Space Shuttle picture, slide, or Duratrans backlit transparency. NASA photograph KSC-81PC-0382 . Wide variety of sizes. After six years of silence, the thunder of manned space flight is heard again, as the successful launch of the first Space Shuttle ushers in a new concept in utilization of space. The April 12 launch at Pad 39A, just seconds past 7 a.m., carries astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen into an Earth orbital mission scheduled to last 54 hours, ending with unpowered landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California. STS-1, the first in a series of Shuttle Vehicles planned for the Space Transportation System, utilizes reusable launch and return components. Date Taken/Released: April 12, 1981 Credits: KSC NASA |
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