CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Back on April 12, 1981, the space shuttle roared to life for the first time. Columbia lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying two astronauts – a moonwalker, John Young, ...
NASA today launches a series of events to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first space shuttle flight. On April 12, 1981, shuttle Columbia lifted off with Commander John Young and pilot Robert ...
It will be NASA's first four-person shuttle crew since 1983. Ferguson and his short-handed crew know there's a chance - about 1-in-560 - that they could be stranded at the space station because of ...