Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen after landing, April 1981. Creator: NASA.
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Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen after landing, Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA, April 1981. US astronauts Young and Crippen were the two-man crew aboard the first orbiter, 'Columbia', STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1). It was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle programme. It launched on 12 April 1981 and returned on 14 April, 54.5 hours later, having orbited the Earth 36 times.
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- NASA, attributed to: American:
Subject
- John Watts Young: American: Astronaut
- Robert Crippen: American: Naval officer, aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, astronaut
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- 0920000037
- 2-701-384
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