Image:Columbia.sts-1.01.jpg

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English: A timed exposure of the first Space Shuttle mission, STS-1, at Launch Pad A, Complex 39, turns the space vehicle and support facilities into a night-time fantasy of light. To the left of the Shuttle are the fixed and the rotating service structures.

Deutsch: Eine Langzeitbeleuchtung der ersten Space Shuttle Mission, STS-1 vor dem Start. Shuttle Columbia steht auf dem Launch Pad A des Complex 39 im KSC .
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NASA/KSC, Image ID: KSC-81PC-0136
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April 12, 1981
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English: Space Shuttle Columbia waiting for the first launch

Deutsch: Space Shuttle Columbia vor dem ersten Start

Français : La navette spatiale Columbia parée à décoller

Deutsch: Space Shuttle Columbia vor dem ersten Start

English: Space Shuttle Columbia waiting for the first launch

Français : La navette spatiale Columbia parée à décoller

Galego: O Trasbordador espacial Columbia preparado para o seu primeiro lanzamento.

Italiano: Lo Space Shuttle Columbia pronto alla partenza

日本語: 初の打ち上げを待つスペースシャトル コロンビア

Latina: Aëronavis sideralis Columbia ante depulsionem

Nederlands: De Space shuttle Columbia wachtend op de eerste lancering.

Norsk (nynorsk): Romferga Columbia før si fyrste utskyting.

Polski: Prom kosmiczny Columbia oczekuje na pierwszy start (STS-1)

Português: Vai-vém espacial Columbia antes do lançamento

Русский: Челнок Columbia в ожидании первого старта

Slovenčina: Raketoplán Columbia čaká na prvý štart

ไทย: กระสวยอวกาศโคลัมเบีย ขณะรอการปล่อยครั้งแรก

zh-hans: 准备起飞的哥伦比亚号航天飞机

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