Space Shuttle Program 45 years old today

[shuttle_fan]

The first test flight of the space shuttle program was 45 years ago. Here are links for the occasion with some cool photos:

• https://twitter.com/x/status/1558107996894412800
  View: https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1558107996894412800
  
• https://twitter.com/x/status/1558118605241327616
  View: https://twitter.com/HistoricSpace/status/1558118605241327616
  
• Space Shuttles - Where are they now map

 

[billslugg]

Four years after this flight I camped out for 3 days on a causeway in Titusville and saw Columbia go up for the first time, April 12, 1981.