Bob Crippen – Spaceflight Now

April 9, 2020

Breaking News

[ April 8, 2020 ] Live coverage: Soyuz crew launches from Kazakhstan Mission Reports
[ April 8, 2020 ] NASA astronaut, two cosmonauts set for Thursday launch to space station Mission Reports
[ April 8, 2020 ] SpaceX plans another Starlink launch next week Mission Reports
[ April 7, 2020 ] With successful splashdown, SpaceX retires first version of Dragon spacecraft Mission Reports
[ April 7, 2020 ] Next GPS launch delayed by coronavirus concerns; X-37B launch remains on track Atlas 5

April 14, 1981: Landing of Columbia on STS-1

April 14, 2016

VIDEO: The winged spaceship Columbia returned to Earth with a pinpoint landing at Edwards Air Force Base on this day 35 years ago, concluding the maiden flight of the space shuttle.

April 12, 1981: 35 years since the maiden space shuttle launch

April 12, 2016

America’s first space shuttle launched on this day 35 years ago as the reusable flying machine, Columbia, lifted off from Kennedy Space Center with John Young and Bob Crippen aboard.