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STS-1 Space Shuttle Columbia Launch

The Space Shuttle Columbia clears the launch tower as the RS-25 engines and Solid Rocket Boosters ignite with unprecedented power.

Year 1981
Date 4/12
Location Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States
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Visibility PUBLIC
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Key Figures

John Young Robert Crippen CAPCOM
Time Travel

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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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Space Shuttle Columbia launch
1981 · contemporaneous
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Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1)
1981 · contemporaneous
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STS-1 (First Flight of Space Shuttle Columbia)
1981 · contemporaneous
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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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STS-1 First Space Shuttle Launch
1981 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Columbia 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 Columbia Launch
1981 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Columbia Maiden Flight (STS-1)
1981 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Columbia STS-1 Launch
1981 · same figure
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Apollo 11 Moon Landing
1969 · same figure
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Gemini 3 Launch
1965 · same figure
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Gemini 6A Launch
1965 · same figure
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Apollo 10 Launch
1969 · same figure
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First Space Shuttle Launch (STS-1)
1981 · same figure
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STS-1 Launch
1981 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Columbia launch
1981 · same figure
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STS-135 Atlantis Landing
2011 · same figure
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Apollo 10 Launch
1969 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
2003 · same figure
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1969 · same figure
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1986 · precedes
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1986 · same era
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Inauguration of George H. W. Bush
1989 · same era
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Unveiling of the Apple II Computer
1977 · same era
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Establishment of the Rogers Commission
1986 · precedes
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · precedes
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · precedes
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Space Shuttle Discovery First Flight (STS-41-D)
1984 · precedes
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STS-26 Discovery Return to Flight
1988 · precedes