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Witness the liftoff and landing of NASA's Columbia space shuttle crewed by astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen
Liftoff and landing of Columbia, the first space shuttle, April 12–14, 1981.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Astronaut conducting an electrophoresis experiment aboard the space shuttle Columbia.
NASA
The last Columbia space mission
Crew of the 2003 Columbia mission (from left): David Brown, Rick Husband,...
NASA
airglow
Earth's horizon and airglow viewed from the Space Shuttle Columbia.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
STS-78; Thirsk, Robert
Canadian Space Agency (CSA) payload specialist Robert Thirsk conducting an experiment...
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center/NASA