"1981 STS-1 Flight Data File Crew Activity Plan." The Plan is the original US government publication (JSC-12799) published and printed by the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. It is in overall excellent collectable condition and has been stored away from sunlight. The only mark on this rare NASA memorabilia is the last name "Dean," hand-written by the veteran CBS News correspondent who was provided it directly from NASA at the time of publication and as such this small hand-written name on the cover may add value to the piece.
Piloted by astronauts John Young and Robert "Bob" Crippen, the April 1981 launch of the Columbia (STS-1) marked the return of US manned space flight. Tragically, in 2003, the STS-107 Columbia mission ended in tragedy when it disintegrated during reentry, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
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Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA. Named after the first American ship to circumnavigate the upper North American Pacific coast and the female personification of the United States, Columbia was the first of five Space Shuttle orbiters to fly in space, debuting the Space Shuttle launch vehicle on its maiden flight in April 1981. As only the second full-scale orbiter to be manufactured after the Approach and Landing Test vehicle Enterprise, Columbia retained unique features indicative of its experimental design compared to later orbiters, such as test instrumentation and distinctive black chines. In addition to a heavier fuselage and the retention of an internal airlock throughout its lifetime, these made Columbia the heaviest of the five spacefaring orbiters; around 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) heavier than Challenger and 3,600 kilograms (7,900 pounds) heavier than Endeavour. Columbia also carried ejection seats based on those from the SR-71 during its first six flights until 1983, and from 1986 onwards carried an external imaging pod on its vertical stabilizer's Research Double Module. The Extended Duration Orbiter pallet was used by the orbiter in thirteen of the pallet's fourteen flights, which aided lengthy stays in orbit for scientific and technological research missions. Columbia was also used to retrieve the Long Duration Exposure Facility and deploy the Chandra observatory, and also carried into space the first female commander of an American spaceflight mission, the first ESA astronaut, the first female astronaut of Indian origin, and the first Israeli astronaut.