STS-1 Columbia

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40 Years Ago: STS-1 Astronauts Young and Crippen Honored at the White House
May 19, 2021

Following Columbia’s landing on April 14, 1981, at the Dryden Flight Research Center, now NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, ground crews prepared it for the ferry flight back to KSC by mounting it atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), a modified Boeing-747. Columbia arrived at KSC on April 28 and ground crews began inspections of the vehicle to prepare it for its return to space on the STS-2 mission targeted for no earlier than Sep. 30, 1981.


In the White House, President Ronald W. Reagan, left, STS-1 Commander John W. Young, STS-1 Pilot Robert L. Crippen, NASA Administrator Alan M. Lovelace, and Vice President George H.W. Bush.


Left: In Chicago, STS-1 astronauts John W. Young, left, and Robert L. Crippen riding in a motorcade with Mayor Jane M. Byrne. Credit: Image courtesy Chicago Police Department.
Right: Crippen riding in a motorcade in his hometown of Beaumont, Texas, with Mayor Maurice “Maury” Meyers. Credit: Image courtesy Beaumont Enterprise.
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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/40-years-ago-sts-1-astronauts-young-and-crippen-honored-at-the-white-house

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45 lat temu, 08.06.1978 trwały przygotowania do pierwszego lotu promu kosmicznego, w ramach których odbyły się 3 loty T-38 do symulacji lądowań i towarzyszących im lądowań w White Sands.

8 juin 1978
On continue la préparation intensive pour le 1er vol d'une navette spatiale (qui aura finalement lieu qu'en 1981) avec 3 vols de T-38 pour des simulations d'atterrissages et d'accompagnements d'atterrissages à White Sands

https://twitter.com/spacemen1969/status/1666691526783815680

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12.06.1980 trwały prace przygotowawcze do pierwszej misji wahadłowca.

Stephane SEBILE @spacemen1969 12:34 AM · Jun 12, 2025
12 juin 1980
Il y a 45 ans

12 juin 1980...
On continue de s'activer pour préparer la première mission de la navette spatiale

https://x.com/spacemen1969/status/1932929416763756683