What year was the first space shuttle launched?
Question: What year was the first space shuttle launched?
The space shuttle Columbia was the first shuttle to be launched into space. It was scheduled to
launch in 1979, but the launch did not happen because of problems. However, it did successfully
launch on April 12, 1981 and returned safely two days later.
Sadly, the horrible fate of the Columbia twelve years after its initial launch is
etched in our memories. Space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry as it returned to
Earth on Feb 1, 2003, killing all seven astronauts on board: Rick D. Husband, William C. McCool,
Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Blair Salton Clark, and Ilan Ramon.
What Year?
Do you know what year it happened it the past?
|
|
What Year App
Test your knowledge. Download the popular What Year App.
|
|
|
|
|
|
