richard@eel.cs.ucla.edu (Richard A. Balser) (04/12/90)
Nine years ago today, Columbia lifted off on the first space shuttle mission, from Kennedy Space Center, Launch pad 39-A; Sunday, April 12, 1981, at exactly 7 AM Eastern time. The crew aboard was John Young and Robert Crippen. The program has certainly come a long way, as we are now on the verge of launching the Hubble Space telescope in the coming weeks.... YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-) -Richard Balser Planetary Geology/Geophysics "Earth is now 98% full. Please find another planet as soon as possible."