[DOC] [TLE] First Shuttle Launch | NASA [PAR] Apr 12, 2013 ... Twenty years prior to the historic launch, on April 12, 1961, the era of ... became 
the first human to orbit the Earth in his Vostock I spacecraft. ... April 14, 1981, 
Landing of First Space Shuttle Mission ... Astronauts John W. Young, STS-1 
commander, and Robert L. Crippen, pilot, were aboard the vehicle. [DOC] [TLE] The Space Shuttle's First Flight: STS-1 - NASA History Homepage [PAR] The first mission of the space transport system (STS-1) or Space Shuttle, flew on 
April ... and flight of the spacecraft, as well as the crew of the shuttle, John Young, 
Robert ... For the Space Shuttle was a true aerospace craft, a reusable vehicle 
that .... On April 12, 1961, Major Yuri Gagarin became the first person to "leave 
this... [DOC] [TLE] STS-1 - Wikipedia [PAR] STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1) was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's 
Space Shuttle program. The first orbiter, Columbia, launched on 12 April 1981 
and returned on 14 April, 54.5 hours later, having orbited the Earth 37 times. 
Columbia carried a crew of two  mission commander John W. Young and .... 
STS-1 was also the first U.S. manned space vehicle launched without an... [DOC] [TLE] John Young (astronaut) - Wikipedia [PAR] Captain John Watts Young (born September 24, 1930) is a retired American 
astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer, who 
became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as Commander of the Apollo 16 
mission in 1972. Young enjoyed the longest career of any astronaut, becoming 
the first ... He drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon's surface during 
Apollo 16,... [DOC] [TLE] List of Apollo astronauts - Wikipedia [PAR] Young later commanded the successful Apollo 16 lunar landing. He also 
commanded the first Space Shuttle flight, STS-1 Columbia, on April 12, 1981. [DOC] [TLE] Capt. John Young - Rotary National Award for Space Achievement [PAR] Jan 31, 2016 ... John Young is the only astronaut to have piloted seven launches  six from the 
Earth and one from the Moon. ... John Young heeded NASA's call for a second 
class of astronauts in April 1962 ... He and Michael Collins became the first crew 
to execute a double rendezvous in space. ... In April 1981, Capt. [DOC] [TLE] Young - Encyclopedia Astronautica [PAR] Official NASA Biography as of June 2016:John W. Young (Captain, USN Ret.) ... 
On his third flight, May 18-26, 1969, Young was Command Module Pilot of Apollo 
10. ... Apollo 16, April 16-27, 1972, was a lunar exploration mission, with Young 
as ... Commander of STS-1, the first flight of the Space Shuttle, April 12-14, 1981,
... [DOC] [TLE] NASA releases recordings from far side of the moon - CNN.com [PAR] Feb 22, 2016 ... NASA has released recordings of 'outer-space type music' heard by Apollo 10 
astronauts while they orbited the far side of the Moon. [DOC] [TLE] Moon men: The most exclusive club in human history | Science | The ... [PAR] Jul 10, 2009 ... The moon walkers: Twelve men who have visited another world ... In the summer 
of 1969 he became the first man to walk on the moon. ... By the time he flew to the 
moon as the commander of Apollo 12, Conrad was one of Nasa's most 
experienced .... John Young was born in California in September 1930. [DOC] [TLE] STS-1 mission patch. On April 12, 1981 astronauts John Young ... [PAR] On April 12, 1981 astronauts John Young (commander) and Bob Crippen (pilot) 
launched on ... The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on 
the Moon. .... Space: NASA's New Orion Launch Vehicle to rival Saturn 
V ..... K. Mattingly, command module pilot for the Apollo 16 mission in 
April 1972. [DOC] [TLE] List of Apollo astronauts | Open Access articles | Open Access ... [PAR] Twenty-four of these

Question: On April 12, 1981 John Young (Moon, Class of '72) became the first to command one of these vehicles
Answer: a Space Shuttle