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STS-1 Columbia Launch

At T-minus 10 seconds, the Firing Room at Kennedy Space Center reaches a fever pitch of anticipation as the RS-25 main engines ignite. The room vibrates with the physical force of the ignition while t

Year 1981
Date 4/12
Location Firing Room 1, Merritt Island, Florida
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Key Figures

George Page John Young Robert Crippen Console Technician Safety Officer
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 238 linked moments

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STS-1: First Space Shuttle Flight
1981 · contemporaneous
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STS-1 Launch
1981 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Columbia STS-1
1981 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Columbia STS-1 Launch
1981 · contemporaneous
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STS-1 Launch
1981 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Columbia STS-1 Launch
1981 · contemporaneous
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First Space Shuttle Launch (STS-1)
1981 · contemporaneous
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STS-1 (First Flight of Space Shuttle Columbia)
1981 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Columbia Maiden Flight (STS-1)
1981 · contemporaneous
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Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1)
1981 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Columbia STS-1 Launch
1981 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Columbia launch
1981 · contemporaneous
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STS-1 Launch
1981 · contemporaneous
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STS-1: First Space Shuttle Flight
1981 · same figure
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STS-1 Launch
1981 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Columbia STS-1
1981 · same figure
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Deepwater Horizon Explosion
2010 · same figure
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
2010 · same figure
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Gemini 3 Launch
1965 · same figure
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Chicago Pile-1 Criticality
1942 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Columbia STS-1 Launch
1981 · same figure
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Apollo 11 Launch
1969 · same figure
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STS-1 Launch
1981 · same figure
SL-1 Reactor Accident
SL-1 Reactor Accident
1961 · same figure
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STS-1: First Space Shuttle Flight
1981 · contemporaneous
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STS-1 Launch
1981 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Columbia STS-1
1981 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Columbia STS-1 Launch
1981 · contemporaneous
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STS-1 Launch
1981 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Columbia STS-1 Launch
1981 · contemporaneous
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First Space Shuttle Launch (STS-1)
1981 · contemporaneous
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STS-1 (First Flight of Space Shuttle Columbia)
1981 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Columbia Maiden Flight (STS-1)
1981 · contemporaneous
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Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1)
1981 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Columbia STS-1 Launch
1981 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Columbia launch
1981 · contemporaneous