Image:Space Shuttle Columbia launching.jpg

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The April 12 launch at Pad 39A of STS-1, just seconds past 7 a.m., carries astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen into an Earth orbital mission scheduled to last for 54 hours, ending with unpowered landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

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April 12, 1981

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21:52, 24 June 2005 700×813 (126 KB) Kristaga (Caption from en.wiki: A launch of the NASA Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' on STS-1 in April 1981. This is an early launch, as only a few white external fuel tanks were ever produced. The f)
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