Rocket Ranch - Episode 29: First Space Shuttle Flight
7 Apr 2021, 16:40 GMT
Source URL: https://www.nasa.gov/podcasts/welcome-to-rocket-ranch/episode-29-first-space-shuttle-flight-astronaut-bob-crippen-on-the-legacy-of-sts-1-columbia/
The spotlights came on in the predawn hours of April 12th 1981, illuminating a spacecraft like no other, the space shuttle. Just before liftoff, Columbia's crew climbed inside for the very first test flight into space.