Only 20 years — to the day — after the first human ventured to space, Columbia became the first reusable space shuttle to take humans into orbit.

On April 12, 1981, the Columbia Space Shuttle - aka STS-1 - lifted off majestically from the Kennedy Space Center and headed for space. STS-1 stands for Space Transportation System-1. It launched ...

But STS-1 was a remarkable first flight nonetheless. Here’s a few things you might not know about the pioneering space shuttle mission.

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Take a photo look at NASA's first space shuttle mission STS-1, which launched the shuttle Columbia, which launched on April 12, 1981 with astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen.

collectSPACE.com was proud to be the media sponsor for the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation STS-1 and STS-2 35th anniversary celebration.

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