Image:Space Shuttle Columbia launching.jpg

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The April 12 launch at Pad 39A of STS-1, just seconds past 7 a.m., carries astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen into an Earth orbital mission scheduled to last for 54 hours, ending with unpowered landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
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April 12, 1981
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current18:15, 28 March 20073,000×2,528 (9.39 MB)Howcheng (even larger)
03:24, 13 August 20062,192×2,528 (7.77 MB)Bricktop (large)
21:52, 24 June 2005700×813 (126 KB)Kristaga (Caption from en.wiki: A launch of the NASA Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' on STS-1 in April 1981. This is an early launch, as only a few white external fuel tanks were ever produced. The f)
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