// crewed flight · 1981
STS-1
STS-1 was a crewed flight launched on April 12, 1981 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Crew of 2: John Young, Robert Crippen.
United Statescrew 21981-034
John Young United States · 6 flights
Robert Crippen United States · 4 flightsFlight
- Mission
- STS-1
- Spacecraft (GCAT)
- Columbia (STS-1)
- Launch
- April 12, 1981 · 12:00 UTC
- Landing
- April 14, 1981
- Duration (Wikidata)
- 2.3 days
- Country
- United States
- Designator
- 1981-034A
- Vehicle fate
- Landed · Apr 14, 1981
Launch vehicle
- Launch record
- 1981-034
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
- Outcome
- Success
- Initial orbit
- — × 277 km
Vehicle and launch: GCAT (CC BY 4.0). Mission name, crew, landing and duration: Wikidata Q217543 (CC0).