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Limits RegistrySTS-1, flown by John Young and Robert Crippen aboard Space Shuttle Columbia from 12 to 14 April 1981, was the first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle and the first orbital flight of a reusable crewed spacecraft. Columbia completed 36 orbits before landing at Edwards Air Force Base.
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STS-1, flown by John Young and Robert Crippen aboard Space Shuttle Columbia from 12 to 14 April 1981, was the first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle and the first orbital flight of a reusable crewed spacecraft. Columbia completed 36 orbits before landing at Edwards Air Force Base.
The year in which a crewed spacecraft designed for reuse first flew to orbit.
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Limits Registry. LR-FIRST-ORBITAL-FLIGHT-OF-A-REUSABLE-CREWED-SPACECRAFT. First orbital flight of a reusable crewed spacecraft. 2026.