In this timed exposure of STS-1, at Launch Pad A, Complex 39, turns the space vehicle and support facilities into a night- time fantasy of light. Structures to the left of the shuttle are the ...

After years of delays, STS-1 was finally scheduled for launch on April 10, 1981. But a computer problem scrubbed that first launch attempt, so NASA tried again – successfully – two days later.

For Engle and Truly, their STS-2 launch on Nov. 12, 1981, was immediately memorable for the noise it made.

STS-1 was supposed to launch April 10, but was scrubbed due to a timing problem in one of Columbia's general-purpose IBM System/4 Pi computers. A software patch was installed to correct it.

The STS-1 mission ended earlier today, two and one third days later and thousands of miles removed from Sunday's Florida launch setting. Astronauts John W. Young, commander, and Robert L. Crippen ...

CD-ROM contents: STS 1-5 post flight press conferences -- STS 1-5 Mission Highlights (more than 2.5 hours of video) -- More than 700 images from STS 1-5 and ALT -- Space shuttle news reference ...