On May 19, 2000, the space shuttle Atlantis launched with the very first "glass cockpit." This was one of several big ...

Young and Crippen helped design the craft's controls, including 2,214 switches and displays in the cockpit, and many contingency procedures. STS-1 carried 22 manuals, each three inches thick and ...

STS-1 was NASA's first manned mission since the ... The space shuttle Columbia riding "piggyback" on NASA 905, a 747 carrier aircraft, is only seconds away from landing on Kennedy Space Center's ...

[NASA's First Space Shuttle Flight: STS-1 (Photos)] "Here was a brand new vehicle ... Enterprise off the top of the 747 [Shuttle Carrier Aircraft] and then backed up John and Crip.

Columbia launching during STS-1. Its distinctive black chines and "USA ... STS-107 Commander Rick Husband sits in the cockpit of Space Shuttle Columbia during a simulated launch countdown ...

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A month before STS-1, as Columbia sat on Pad 39A at the Kennedy ... From their seats in Columbia’s cockpit, Young and Crippen felt the vehicle rock back and forth. The incessant vibrations ...