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STS-1

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This article is about the Space Shuttle flight. For Synchronous Transport Signal (level)-1 in the SONET hierarchy, see Synchronous optical networking. For the gene, see STS-1 (gene).

STS-1
Mission insignia
Mission statistics
Mission name	STS-1
Space shuttle	Columbia
Crew size	2
Launch pad	Kennedy Space Center, Florida LC 39A
Launch date	12 April 1981 12:00:03 (1981-04-12T12:00:03) UTC
Landing site	Edwards AFB, Runway 23
Landing	14 April 1981 18:20:57 (1981-04-14T18:20:58) UTC
Mission duration	2 days, 6 hours, 20 minutes, 53 seconds
Number of orbits	37
Apogee	156 mi (251 km)
Perigee	149 mi (240 km)
Orbital period	89.4 min
Orbital altitude	307 km (191 mi)
Orbital inclination	40.4 degrees
Distance traveled	1,728,000 kilometres (1,074,000 mi)
Crew photo
Crew members John W. Young (left) and Robert L. Crippen pose in ejection escape suits (EES) with a small model of the Space Shuttle orbiter.
Related missions
Previous Subsequent Approach and Landing Tests STS-2

STS-1 was the first orbital flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. Space Shuttle Columbia launched on 12 April 1981, and returned to Earth on 14 April, having orbited the Earth 37 times during its 54.5-hour mission. Columbia carried a crew of two – mission commander John W. Young and pilot Robert L. Crippen. It was the first American manned space flight since the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project on 15 July 1975. STS-1 was also the only US manned maiden test flight of a new spacecraft system, although it was the culmination of atmospheric testing of the Space Shuttle

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