{"id":413799,"date":"2011-09-14T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/homecoming-first-shuttle-crew\/"},"modified":"2011-09-14T21:15:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-14T21:15:00","slug":"homecoming-first-shuttle-crew","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/homecoming-first-shuttle-crew\/","title":{"rendered":"Homecoming for First Shuttle Crew"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/588697main_S81-30985_full.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/588697main_S81-30985_full.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Homecoming for First Shuttle Crew\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/588697main_S81-30985_full.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/588697main_S81-30985_full.jpg?resize=300,197 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/588697main_S81-30985_full.jpg?resize=768,505 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/588697main_S81-30985_full.jpg?resize=1024,673 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/588697main_S81-30985_full.jpg?resize=400,263 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/588697main_S81-30985_full.jpg?resize=600,394 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/588697main_S81-30985_full.jpg?resize=900,591 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, center, STS-1 pilot, addresses a large turnout of greeters at Ellington Air Force Base following the return of the Columbia's crew from the Dryden Flight Research Center and their Edwards Air Force Base landing site. Astronaut John W. Young, crew commander, stands near his wife Susy at right center.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>S81-30985 (14 April 1981) — Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, center, STS-1 pilot, addresses a large turnout of greeters at Ellington Air Force Base following the return of the Columbia’s crew from the Dryden Flight Research Center and their Edwards Air Force Base landing site. Astronaut John W. Young, crew commander, stands near his wife Susy at right center. Crippen’s wife Virginia and children are standing behind the Youngs on the platform. Others seen include Presidential aide Jim Baker, Houston mayor Jim McConn, NASA Administrator (acting) Alan M. Lovelace, John F. Yardley, associate administrator for space transportation systems; Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., JSC director; flight directors Neil B. Hutchinson, Charles L. Lewis and Donald R. Puddy; Robert F. Thompson, manager of Space Shuttle Program office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo credit: NASA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, center, STS-1 pilot, addresses a large turnout of greeters at Ellington Air Force Base following the return of the Columbia’s crew from the Dryden Flight Research Center and their Edwards Air Force Base landing site. Astronaut John W. 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