Manned Flight No. | 79 |
Manned flight of the USA No. | 32 |
Manned flight Space Shuttle No. | 1 |
Manned flight Columbia No. | 1 |
Launch: | Apr 12, 1981 12:00:03 |
Landing: | Apr 14, 1981 18:20:57 |
Duration: | 2 d 6 h 20 m 54 s (54 h 20 m 54 s) |
Orbits: | 37 |
John Young (Commander)
Astronaut No. 18
Astronaut USA No. 7
Young: 5th flight
Cumulative time: 24 d 11 h 54 m 32 s
(587 h 54 m 32 s)
Robert Crippen (Pilot)
Astronaut No. 102
Astronaut USA No. 44
Crippen: 1st flight
Cumulative time: 2 d 6 h 20 m 54 s
(54 h 20 m 54 s)
First test manned flight of Space Shuttle Columbia.
Columbia lands.
Launch of Columbia.
John Young and Robert Crippen, 2001.
The longest flight:
Apr 09, 1980 184 d 20 h 11 m 35 s (4435 h 11 m 35 s)
Leonid Popov and
Valery Ryumin
The largest number of flights: 5 Young
The most cumulative time in space (3 flights): 361 d 21 h 31 m 57 s (8685 h 31 m 57 s) Valery Ryumin