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where does the space shuttle take off from
Launch Complex 39 is a rocket launch site at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida where Space Shuttles launch.
What was the first space shuttle launch?
STS-1 was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle program.
When was the first launch of the space shuttle?
The first orbiter, Columbia, launched on 12 April 1981.

Question: Did the shuttle return?
Self-contained rewrite: Did the shuttle Columbia return?