Space Shuttle STS (Space Transport System) Precursor (X-15 and X-24B) and development
Space Shuttle STS candidates before launch of STS-1
NASA names 35 Shuttle astronaut candidates at Press Conference Houston and Washington DC 16.01.1978 and names 19 Shuttle astronaut candidates at Houston Press Conference 29.05.1980 and
19 new astronaut candidates report to Johnson Space center 07.07.1980
Kennedy Space center postoffice
Space Shuttle STS-1 launch 12.04.1981 John Young (USA)
(Flight 1, Columbia) landing 14.04.1981 Robert Grippen (USA)
Back to Earth crew:
same
First manned flight of a Space Shuttle
37 Orbits