April 14, 1981, Landing of First Space Shuttle Mission

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  • Stephanie Wilson
    Nasa Astronaut
    • Jul 2009
    • 2478

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    April 14, 1981, Landing of First Space Shuttle Mission

    The rear wheels of the space shuttle orbiter Columbia touched down on Rogers dry lake at Edwards Air Force Base, NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center (then Dryden), California, to successfully complete a stay in space of more than two days. Astronauts John W. Young, STS-1 commander, and Robert L. Crippen, pilot, were aboard the vehicle.

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