LAUNCHER INFO

Space Shuttle Columbia was the first space-rated orbiter in NASA's Space Shuttle fleet. It launched for the first time on mission STS-1 on April 12, 1981, the first flight of the Space Shuttle program. Over 22 years of service it completed 27 missions before disintegrating during re-entry near the end of its 28th mission, STS-107 on February 1, 2003, resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members.

MANUFACTURER INFO

United Space Alliance

LAUNCHER SPECIFICATIONS

(diameter)

8.4 m

TO GTO

0 kg

(length)

38.1 m

TO LEO

24400 kg

(reusable)

true

LAUNCH STATISTICS