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File:Space Shuttle Columbia launching.jpg

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The April 12 launch at Pad 39A of STS-1, just seconds past 7 a.m., carries astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen into an Earth orbital mission scheduled to last for 54 hours, ending with unpowered landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
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Object location28° 36′ 29.84″ N, 80° 36′ 14.72″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo


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09:03, 1 May 2004 700 × 813 (129,270 bytes) w:en:Minesweeper (talk | contribs) larger
09:21, 19 June 2003 400 × 474 (41,117 bytes) w:en:Rotem Dan (talk | contribs) Replacing bad quality photo with a higher quality one (PD NASA)
11:49, 20 July 2002 424 × 478 (20,553 bytes) (Automated conversion)

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First launch of Space Shuttle Columbia

12 April 1981

28°36'29.84"N, 80°36'14.72"W

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current00:41, 2 October 2019Thumbnail for version as of 00:41, 2 October 20196,084 × 6,084 (4.73 MB)HohumLatest NASA version, no scratches, higher resolution.
15:23, 29 January 2013Thumbnail for version as of 15:23, 29 January 20133,000 × 2,528 (10.49 MB)Slick-o-botBot: convert to a non-interlaced jpeg (see bug #17645)
10:51, 22 May 2010Thumbnail for version as of 10:51, 22 May 20103,000 × 2,528 (9.39 MB)JJ HarrisonReverted to version as of 18:15, 28 March 2007 - Lots of detail lost and new marks not in the original.
19:29, 26 June 2009Thumbnail for version as of 19:29, 26 June 20093,000 × 2,528 (4.82 MB)Telemaque MySonRemoval of defects of the photo slighty denoised
18:15, 28 March 2007Thumbnail for version as of 18:15, 28 March 20073,000 × 2,528 (9.39 MB)Holly Chengeven larger
03:24, 13 August 2006Thumbnail for version as of 03:24, 13 August 20062,192 × 2,528 (7.77 MB)Bricktoplarge
21:52, 24 June 2005Thumbnail for version as of 21:52, 24 June 2005700 × 813 (126 KB)KristagaCaption from en.wiki: A launch of the NASA Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' on STS-1 in April 1981. This is an early launch, as only a few white external fuel tanks were ever produced. The f

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