STS-1 (NASA SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER COLUMBIA OV102)
TECHNICAL
CREW DEBRIEFING DOCUMENT APRIL 1981 (225 PAGES)
AN ORIGINAL DOCUMENT PRINTED IN 1981 AT THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER (JSC) HOUSTON TEXAS
NASA DOCUMENT JSC-17306
FLIGHT
OPERATIONS DIRECTORATE
CREW
TRAINING AND PROCEDURES DIVISION
JSC
(LYNDON B. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER)
HOUSTON
TEXAS
STS-1:
THE FIRST
ORBITAL SPACEFLIGHT OF THE NASA SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM
STS-1:
SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM-1
LAUNCHED
FROM KSC (KENNEDY SPACE CENTER) ON 4/12/1981
LANDED
AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE ON 4/14/1981
MISSION COMMANDER:
JOHN W. YOUNG
PILOT:
ROBERT L. CRIPPEN
ORBITER VEHICLE:
SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA (OV-102) OV (ORBITAL VEHICLE) THE FIRST SPACE SHUTTLE
SYSTEM ORBITER
NUMBER OF ORBITS:
36
STS-1 WAS THE FIRST U.S. CREWED
SPACE VEHICLE LAUNCHED WITHOUT A PREVIOUS UNCREWED POWERED TEST FLIGHT
THIS WAS THE FIRST CREWED NASA LAUNCH USING SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER ENGINES TO PROVIDE LAUNCH THRUST
STS-1 AND STS-2 WERE THE ONLY TWO SHUTTLE FLIGHTS TO HAVE THE EXTERNAL TANK PAINTED WHITE. TO REDUCE WEIGHT SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS USED UNPAINTED EXTERNAL TANKS
ONLY THE FIRST TWO SHUTTLE ORBITERS COLUMBIA AND ENTERPRISE WERE BUILT WITH EJECTION SEATS