NASA celebrates 25th anniversary of STS-1

SPACE FIRSTS: On April 12, NASA celebrates the 25th anniversary of the first space shuttle mission, STS-1, when Apollo veteran Commander John Young and Pilot Bob Crippen flew the shuttle Columbia. The date also marks the 45th anniversary of the first-ever human spaceflight, by Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin...

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