Simviation Forum - Space Shuttle

	Search the archive:

Simviation Main Site | Site Search | Upload Images

Simviation Forum › Real World › History › Space Shuttle

(Moderators: Mitch., Fly2e, ozzy72, beaky, Clipper, JBaymore, Bob70, BigTruck)

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

Pages: 1

Space Shuttle (Read 290 times)

Apr 14^th, 2006 at 4:47pm

Mobius Offline
Colonel
Highest Point in the Lightning
Storm
Wisconsin

Posts: 4369

Wow, did we miss the 25th anniversary of the first Space Shuttle launch? It happened April 12th, 1981, the day my brother was born. Grin

IP Logged

Reply #1 - Apr 14^th, 2006 at 6:47pm

RichieB16 Offline
Colonel
January 27, 1967
Oregon

Gender:
Posts: 4408

Quote:

Wow, did we miss the 25th anniversary of the first Space Shuttle launch? It happened April 12th, 1981, the day my brother was born. Grin

Nope, we didn't miss it. I posted it under Ozzy's "space race" topic (with a couple pictures and everything).

However 25 years ago today, on April 14, 1981, astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen successifully landed the Space Shuttle Columbia at Edwards Air Force Base in California concluding the 2 day STS-1 flight, the first space shuttle mission in history.

&&Check Out My 1969 & 1996 Camaro's&&

IP Logged

Reply #2 - Apr 14^th, 2006 at 8:07pm

Mobius Offline
Colonel
Highest Point in the Lightning
Storm
Wisconsin

Posts: 4369

Ah, I missed that. Wink

IP Logged

Reply #3 - Apr 14^th, 2006 at 8:30pm

RichieB16 Offline
Colonel
January 27, 1967
Oregon

Gender:
Posts: 4408

Quote:

Ah, I missed that. Wink

LOL, thats OK man-I miss things all the time. 8)

I was actually planning on posting a big thing on the 12th about the Vostok 1 flight on 4/12/1961 and the STS-1 flight on 4/12/1981 but Ozzy beat me to it and mentioned the Russian Vostok 1 mission which put the first man in space. So, I just added the shuttle to that. Wink

&&Check Out My 1969 & 1996 Camaro's&&

IP Logged

Reply #4 - Apr 17^th, 2006 at 4:30pm

dcunning30 Offline
Colonel
This is me......really!!!!
The Land of Nod

Gender:
Posts: 1612

I used to work for NASA at Edwards. The first time I saw a shuttle, I was awestruck. You end up getting used to it. The only shuttle I was allowed to get close to was Enterprise. I litteraly stood underneath it's wings. Been in the Shuttle 747. Pretty cool experience.

I was only at NASA for 6 months becuase it was an internship through the school I was attending. My wife decided she hated living in the desert, so that was the end of my NASA career, but I'm never forget those 6 months.

TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE 34 RR THE WORLD WONDERS

IP Logged

Pages: 1

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

« Home

‹ Board

Top of this page