The Greatest Test Flight - STS-1 (Full Mission 01)

The Greatest Test Flight - STS-1 (Full Mission 01)

STS-1 - Columbia - April 12-14 1981 - Onboard are astronauts John Young (CDR) and Bob Crippen (PLT).

This is the first video of an intended series which will cover the first Space Shuttle flight from countdown to touchdown.

Part 01 - The Countdown for the launch begins, with the crews breakfast, suit up, journey to pad 39a and egress into Columbia.

Where video is not availabe I have added in some footage of the concept and development of the shuttle from the 1972-80 period. There is also footage of the crew in training. Captions are used to inform the viewer what he/she is watching. Photos have been added where appropriate.

The video is captured on a 16:9 screen to allow captioning and photos/video to be shown by the side of the main screen.

Audio is in two channels. One covers the PAO channel and the other is the launch director loops which carried the comm from the launch team at the Cape.

My personal thanks to JL Pickering and Ed Hengveld who produce excellent photo CDs of space missions that really enhanced the video.

All video/pictures and audio is courtesy NASA.