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STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1) was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The first orbiter, Columbia, launched on April 12, 1981, and returned on April 14, 1981, 54.5 hours later, having orbited the Earth 37 times. Columbia carried a crew of two—commander John W. Young and pilot Robert L. Crippen. It was the first American crewed space flight since the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) in 1975. STS-1 was also the maiden test flight of a new American spacecraft to carry a crew, though it was preceded by atmospheric testing (ALT) of the orbiter and ground testing o

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Spaceflight.apsis
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Spaceflight.name
STS-1
Spaceflight.names_list
Space Transportation System-1
Spaceflight.image
Space Shuttle Columbia launching.jpg
Spaceflight.image_caption
STS-1 lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center on April 12, 1981, the first orbital launch of the Space Shuttle program.
Spaceflight.mission_type
Flight test
Spaceflight.operator
NASA
Spaceflight.orbits_completed
36
Spaceflight.launch_date
UTC (07:00:04amEST)
Spaceflight.launch_site
Kennedy, LC-39A
Spaceflight.launch_contractor
Rockwell International
Spaceflight.crew_size
2
Spaceflight.landing_date
UTC (10:20:57amPST)
Spaceflight.landing_site
Edwards, Runway23
Spaceflight.orbit_reference
Geocentric orbit
Spaceflight.orbit_regime
Low Earth orbit
Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
40.30°
Spaceflight.orbit_period
89.88 minutes

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Duration
195653
Mass
4909
Orbital period
89.88
Image
Sts-1 crew.jpg
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orbital inclination
40.3
UTC date of spacecraft launch
1981-04-12
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Commons category
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orbits completed
2888
UTC date of spacecraft landing
1981-04-14
periapsis
271
apoapsis
266
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19 sections
Contents
  • Crew
  • Backup crew
  • Support crew
  • Mission parameters
  • Crew seat assignments
  • Suborbital mission plan
  • Mission summary
  • Mission anomalies
  • Mission insignia
  • Anniversary
  • External tank
  • In popular culture
  • Wake-up calls
  • Pad fatalities
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1) was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The first orbiter, Columbia, launched on April 12, 1981, and returned on April 14, 1981, 54.5 hours later, having orbited the Earth 37 times. Columbia carried a crew of two—commander John W. Young and pilot Robert L. Crippen. It was the first American crewed space flight since the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) in 1975. STS-1 was also the maiden test flight of a new American spacecraft to carry a crew, though it was preceded by atmospheric testing (ALT) of the orbiter and ground testing of the Space Shuttle system.

The launch occurred on the 20th anniversary of Vostok 1, the first human spaceflight, performed by Yuri Gagarin for the USSR. This was a coincidence rather than a celebration of the anniversary; a technical problem had prevented STS-1 from launching two days earlier, as was planned.

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