[DOC] [TLE] Columbia: First Shuttle in Space - Space.com [PAR] Jan 16, 2013 ... Columbia was the first space shuttle to reach orbit, in 1981. ... Space shuttle 
Columbia launches on mission STS-107, January 16, 2003. ... options, and in 
subsequent years NASA began awarding design contracts for shuttle ideas. ... 
The first operational flight for Columbia was STS-5 in November 1982. [DOC] [TLE] Space Shuttle Columbia: A New Beginning and Vision ... [PAR] Feb 1, 2011 ... The Early Years of Space Shuttle Columbia: 1981-1994: ... Final assembly of 
Columbia began on November 7, 1977. .... STS-1/Columbia also became the first 
American manned spacecraft to launch without an unmanned test... [DOC] [TLE] First Shuttle Launch | NASA [PAR] Apr 12, 2013 ... Twenty years prior to the historic launch, on April 12, 1961, the era of human 
spaceflight began when Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first 
human to orbit the Earth in his Vostock I spacecraft. ... This week in 1992, space 
shuttle Columbia launched from NASA's Kennedy ..... Last Updated: Nov. [DOC] [TLE] NASA - Space Shuttle Overview: Columbia (OV-102) [PAR] Jan 31, 2005 ... Space Shuttle mission STS-9, launched in late November 1983, was the ... 
Germany's Dr. Ulf Merbold became the first European Space Agency ... 1992 to 
begin processing for mission STS-50, launching in June of that year. [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 ... He later became Chief of the Astronaut Office in 1974. ... 
The first launch of the Space Shuttle occurred on 12 April 1981, exactly 20 years
... [DOC] [TLE] STS-2 - Wikipedia [PAR] STS-2 was the second Space Shuttle mission conducted by NASA, and the 
second flight of the orbiter Columbia. The mission launched on 12 November 
1981 and landed two days later on 14 November. STS-2 marked the first time in 
history that a manned, reusable orbital vehicle ... Skylab ultimately de-orbited on 
11 July 1979, two years before the launch of... [DOC] [TLE] Space Shuttle Columbia - Wikipedia [PAR] Space Shuttle Columbia was the first space-rated orbiter in NASA's Space 
Shuttle fleet. It launched for the first time on mission STS-1 on April 12, 1981, the 
first flight of the Space Shuttle program. Over 22 years of service it completed 27 
missions before disintegrating ... with a four-man crew, was STS-5, which 
launched on November 11, 1982. [DOC] [TLE] Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - Wikipedia [PAR] The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when 
Columbia disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana as it re-entered Earth's 
atmosphere, killing all seven crew members. During the launch of STS-107, 
Columbia's 28th mission, a piece of foam .... As it happened, STS-112 had been 
the first flight with the "ET Cam," a video... [DOC] [TLE] STS-5 - Wikipedia [PAR] STS-5 was the fifth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the fifth flight of the Space 
Shuttle Columbia. It launched on 11 November 1982 and landed five days later 
on 16 November. STS-5 was the first shuttle mission to deploy communications 
satellites into ... Space Shuttle program, was postponed by one day after Lenoir 
became ill,... [DOC] [TLE] First launching of the space shuttle - Apr 12, 1981 - HISTORY.com [PAR] The space shuttle Columbia is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, .... the 27
-year-old test pilot and industrial technician also became the first man to orbit... [DOC] [TLE] Space Shuttle Columbia Fast Facts - CNN.com [PAR] Feb 1, 2016 ... Read Fast Facts from CNN about the Space Shuttle Columbia. ... crew that flew 
Columbia on its 24th flight in November-December 1997. ... April 12, 1981 - 
Columbia becomes the first shuttle to orbit the earth. ... August 1991 - After its 
11th mission, Columbia is removed from the shuttle launch lineup to... [DOC] [TLE] Space Exploration | National Archives [PAR] Aug 21, 2016 ... November 3 -

Question: In November of this year, the Columbia became the first space shuttle to be launched
Answer: 1982