'Into the Black': Book Recounts Untold Story of 1st Space Shuttle Flight
Monday, June 6, 2016 - 17:50
in Astronomy & Space
On April 12, 1981, NASA astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen climbed aboard the space shuttle Columbia for a mission unprecedented in human history. For the first time, a crewed spacecraft was going to be tested with humans aboard on its inaugural flight