STS-1

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Space Shuttle mission crewed spaceflight orbital test flight

STS-1 was the inaugural crewed mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle program, marking the first orbital test flight of the reusable orbiter Columbia in 1981.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
STS-1 canonical 28
STS-1 mission patch 1
Space Shuttle STS-1 mission 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
crewed spaceflight ⓘ
orbital test flight ⓘ
apogee approximately 259 kilometers ⓘ
callSign Columbia ⓘ
commander Joe Engle ⓘ
surface form: John W. Young
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewMember Joe Engle ⓘ
surface form: John W. Young

Robert L. Crippen ⓘ
crewNationality American ⓘ
crewSize 2 ⓘ
externalTank ET-1 ⓘ
firstCrewedFlightOf NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle program
firstFlightOf Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
followedBy STS-2 ⓘ
inclination 40.3 degrees ⓘ
landingDate 1981-04-14 ⓘ
landingMethod unpowered horizontal landing ⓘ
landingRunway Runway 23 ⓘ
landingSite Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
launchDate 1981-04-12 ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
LC-39A ⓘ
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
missionDuration 2 days 6 hours 20 minutes ⓘ
missionInsignia STS-1 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: STS-1 mission patch
missionNumber 1 ⓘ
missionPatchDesigner Robert McCall ⓘ
missionType orbital flight test ⓘ
notableFor first crewed orbital flight of a reusable spacecraft ⓘ
first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbiter Columbia ⓘ
orbiterVehicleDesignation OV-102 ⓘ
orbitsCompleted 37 ⓘ
perigee approximately 235 kilometers ⓘ
pilot Robert L. Crippen ⓘ
precededBy none ⓘ
program Space Transportation System ⓘ
reentryProfile test of Shuttle reentry and landing capabilities ⓘ
solidRocketBoosters SRB-1 pair ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
spacecraft Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
spaceShuttleProgram NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle program
tested Space Shuttle main engines in orbital operations ⓘ
Space Shuttle thermal protection system ⓘ
orbiter flight control systems ⓘ
rendezvous and navigation systems ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NASA Space Shuttle program → firstCrewedFlight → STS-1 ⓘ
NASA Space Shuttle program → notableMission → STS-1 ⓘ
Space Transportation System → firstCrewedMission → STS-1 ⓘ
STS-1 → missionInsignia → STS-1 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-1 mission patch
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A → notableLaunch → STS-1 ⓘ
Space Shuttle Main Engines → firstFlight → STS-1 ⓘ
Space Shuttle Columbia → firstFlightMission → STS-1 ⓘ
Space Shuttle Columbia → notableMission → STS-1 ⓘ
External Tank → firstFlight → STS-1 ⓘ
STS → hasNotableExample → STS-1 ⓘ
LC-39A → notableLaunch → STS-1 ⓘ
OV-102 → firstFlightMission → STS-1 ⓘ
OV-102 → notableMission → STS-1 ⓘ
Solid Rocket Booster → usedOnMission → STS-1 ⓘ
STS-2 → precededBy → STS-1 ⓘ
Columbia → firstMission → STS-1 ⓘ
Columbia → notableMission → STS-1 ⓘ
Orbital Maneuvering System → firstFlightOn → STS-1 ⓘ
Robert L. Crippen → notableWork → STS-1 ⓘ
Robert L. Crippen → spaceMission → STS-1 ⓘ
Space Shuttle → firstFlight → STS-1 ⓘ
John W. Young → spaceMissions → STS-1 ⓘ
John W. Young → commanded → STS-1 ⓘ
John W. Young → firstShuttleFlight → STS-1 ⓘ
OV-102 Columbia → firstFlightMission → STS-1 ⓘ
OV-102 Columbia → notableMission → STS-1 ⓘ
Space Shuttle approach and landing tests → preceded → STS-1 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle STS-1 mission
John Young → spaceMission → STS-1 ⓘ
John Young → wasCommanderOf → STS-1 ⓘ
John Young → spaceShuttleFlight → STS-1 ⓘ
John Young → wasFirstToCommand → STS-1 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle orbital flight STS-1