First Space Shuttle Flight - Astronaut Bob Crippen on the legacy of STS-1 & Columbia – Rocket Ranch
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When the spotlights came on in the predawn hours of April 12, 1981, they illuminated a spacecraft like no other: the space shuttle. Just before liftoff, the crew of two climbed inside space shuttle Columbia for its first test flight into space - that launch going nearly perfect. On this episode of the Rocket Ranch, hear from Columbia pilot Bob Crippen as he recounts that very first shuttle mission.
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First Space Shuttle Flight - Astronaut Bob Crippen on the legacy of STS-1 & Columbia – Rocket Ranch. Credit: NASA / KSC.
First Space Shuttle Flight - Astronaut Bob Crippen on the legacy of STS-1 & Columbia – Rocket Ranch. Credit: NASA / KSC.
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