![]() ![]() Mountain Standard Time (16:04:46 UTC), Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) completed its third space flight (STS-3) by landing at White Sands Space Harbor, the auxiliary space shuttle landing area at the White Sands Test Facility, west of Alamogordo, New Mexico.Ĭolumbia rolled out 13,732 feet (4,185.5 meters), coming to a complete stop after 83 seconds. Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) escorted by two NASA Northrop T-38 Talon chase planes, just prior to touch down at White Sands, New Mexico, 30 March 1982. All seven of the astronauts aboard were lost. It completed 4,808 orbits of the Earth and travelled 125,204,911 miles (201,497,772 kilometers).Ĭolumbia was destroyed 1 February 2003 as it disintegrated during reentry. During those flights, Columbia spent 300 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes, 22 seconds in space. ![]() STS-1 was the first of 135 missions of the Space Shuttle Program. It was overhauled and upgraded again at Palmdale in 19. At launch, the all-up weight of the vehicle was 219,258 pounds (99,453 kilograms).Ĭolumbia was returned to Rockwell for upgrades and modifications from August 1991 to February 1992. At rollout, 8 March 1979, OV-102 weighed 159,289 pounds (77,252.3 kilograms), and approximately 178,000 pounds (80,740 kilograms) with its five Rocketdyne RS-25 main engines installed. It was 122.17 feet (37.237 meters) long with a wingspan of 78.06 feet (23.793 meters) and overall height of 56.67 feet (17.273 meters). (NASA)Ĭolumbia was the second of six orbiters built by Rockwell International at Palmdale, California. The flight crew of Columbia (STS-1), John Watts Young (Captain, United States Navy, Retired) and Captain Robert L. The total mission duration was 2 days, 6 hours, 20 minutes, 53 seconds. On 14 April, Columbia landed at Edwards Air Force Base in the high desert of Southern California. STS-1 was Bob Crippen’s first space flight. Young retired from the Navy in 1976 with the rank of captain. He had served as Pilot of Gemini III backup pilot, Gemini IV Commander for Gemini 10 Command Module Pilot on Apollo 10 back-up commander for Apollo 13 Commander, Apollo 16 and back-up commander for Apollo 17. ![]() Navy test pilot and holder of 21 world flight records, was NASA’s most experienced astronaut. Aboard were mission commander John Watts Young and shuttle pilot Robert L. (NASA)ġ1 April 1981, 12:00:03.867 UTC: Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) lifted off from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, on mission STS-1, the very first orbital flight of the series of reusable space vehicles. Anderson, U.S.Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1) launch from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, 07:00:03 11 April 1981.
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