Crippen at controls in Columbia, performing a variety of preflight practice activities. Image right: STS-1 crew members John Young, left, and Robert L. From 1981 to 1985, there were 24 successful flights. The first decade of the Space Shuttle Program followed many years of research to produce the right vehicle for the job. "It takes a lot of planning and coordination."
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"The orbiter itself is a very complex vehicle, so there's always work to be done," said Stephanie Stilson, who has overseen periodic maintenance, upgrades and full systems testing on Space Shuttle Discovery since 2001. With 112 successful flights and the loss of two vehicles and astronaut crews, NASA continues to add safety upgrades to the shuttles for upcoming missions to complete the International Space Station. Since its inaugural mission, the shuttle has experienced significant changes over the years.
Columbia performed an unpowered landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Young and Robert Crippen into a two-day Earth orbital mission. Image left: The launch of STS-1 from pad 39A on April 12, 1981, carried astronauts John W. NASA's space shuttle still appears very much the same as it did 25 years ago, when Columbia lifted off on mission STS-1 from Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
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