STS-1 Full Mission - Historical Narration and Footage - First Shuttle Flight, Launch, Landing, 1981

Documentary about STS-1, the first Space Shuttle mission. Origins of the Space Transportation System are shown, as well as the Shuttle Columbia being built and tested. Landing tests, crew training, and simulators are also covered. The mission is described day by day, with as much detail as existing footage allows.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
01:00 Origins
03:53 Shuttle Enterprise
06:21 Shuttle Columbia
07:29 Hardware Tests
10:17 Launch Day & Crew Presentation
13:23 Day 1 (Launch)
26:56 Day 2 (Vice-President Call)
30:33 Day 3 (Landing)
40:48 Flight Results
35:09 Crew Remarks
45:27 Future Expectations

The footage was AI upscaled (Topaz AI) on some segments, besides the usual color correction. Ambient audio was recreated based on historical elements. Sequences are shown in proper mission context as much as possible.

Historical narration (from post-flight presentations, mission commentary, and period documentaries) is used in an attempt to capture the feeling of the times. Language and attitudes should be seen in that context.

Includes segments from    • Space Shuttle Columbia (Part 1)   and    • The Greatest Test Flight - STS-1 (Ful...  

Research, cleanup, editing, and processing by Retro Space HD.

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STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1) was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The first orbiter, Columbia, launched on April 12, 1981 and returned on April 14, 1981, 54.5 hours later, having orbited the Earth 36 times.

Columbia carried a crew of two – mission commander John W. Young and pilot Robert L. Crippen. It was the first American crewed space flight since the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) in 1975. STS-1 was also the maiden test flight of a new American spacecraft to carry a crew, though it was preceded by atmospheric testing (ALT) of the orbiter and ground testing of the Space Shuttle system.

The launch occurred on the 20th anniversary of Vostok 1, the first human spaceflight, performed by Yuri Gagarin for the USSR. This was a coincidence rather than a celebration of the anniversary; a technical problem had prevented STS-1 from launching two days earlier, as was planned
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