National Aeronautics and Space Administration
STS-1
Space Shuttle
SUCCESS
Success
Sunday, April 12, 1981 · 12:00 UTC
Mission
/01STS-1 was the first orbital spaceflight of the Space Shuttle Program. The first orbiter Columbia took a 54.5 hour flight and circled the Earth 36 times. This was NASAs first craft to be manned during a testflight. Manned by John Young and Bob Crippen.
Mission Type
Test Flight
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Space Shuttle
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
28.608° N, 80.604° W
13
Pad Launches
18
Location Launches
135
Agency Launches
36
Orbital This Year