John Young – Spaceflight Now

June 4, 2020

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OTD…May 18 and launch of Apollo 10

May 18, 2016

As a dress rehearsal mission for the moon landing, Apollo 10 launched today in 1969 with Cernan, Young and Stafford

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.