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Shuttle Era Begins: Columbia Rolls Down the Crawlerway

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Mar 12, 2012
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Shuttle Era Begins
The STS-1 vehicle – consisting of America's first reusable spaceship, space shuttle Columbia, the external propellant tank and twin solid rocket boosters – rolls down the crawlerway after leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building for Launch Pad 39A.

The STS-1 vehicle – consisting of America’s first reusable spaceship, space shuttle Columbia, the external propellant tank and twin solid rocket boosters – rolls down the crawlerway after leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building for Launch Pad 39A.

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