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Uploader comment: A new era in space flight began, when on April 12, 1981, the first shuttle mission was launched. STS-1 commander John Young had already flown in space four times, including a walk on the moon in 1972. Bob Crippen, the pilot, was a Navy test pilot who would go on to command three future shuttle missions.
May 28, 2011, 4:34 pm