STS-1: Columbia! The Inaugural Launch of the Space Shuttle Program

The launch of America's first space shuttle: Columbia, on Sunday, April 12th, 1981, at 7.00 am EST, beginning the shuttle era with the first test flight: STS-1. The video depicts the launch just before the end of the planned hold at T- 9.00 minutes, through the first OMS burn. It includes the air-to-ground transmission before launch.
The T-1.00 minute mark is at 8:41. CRANK UP THE VOLUME and Enjoy!!!
Commander: John W. Young
Pilot: Robert L. Crippen
Spacecraft: OV-102
Orbiter Lift-Off Mass: 219,256 lbs
Payload: Development Flight Instrumentation (DFI) package (10,822 lbs)
Launch Pad: LC-39A
Simulator: Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2006P1
Add-ons: Space Shuttle Fleet 4.3, STS Payloads v2.01, and textures & meshes from SSU 2.0

[@jackleichter2913]

Nice

[@thomastheboy2508]

space shuttle with coronation day colors

[@asasnat342]

uh, i have a weird graphical glitch with orbiter 2006 sometimes...
when i launch a orbiter scenario, it sometimes looks alright at first try, but after going into the "interior", the sky messes up. the color at the horizon is white, yet the sky isnt blue and it just shows the night sky (or, just the space "sky" itself) (also, sorry for my bad english)

[@asasnat342]

any idea on how to fix it?

[@jackleichter9420]

When is the last space shuttle launch?

[@asasnat342]

it already was like 9 years ago...

[@rigolonzinbrin]

July 2011

[@bobancirkovic2446]

1981 where the smurfs tv series by hanna barbera was Launched.

[@rigolonzinbrin]

"Schtroumpfs" et not "smurfs"... Belgian comic strip and nothing else.

[@rigolonzinbrin]

The "Schtroumpfs" and NOT "Smurfs", Belgian comic strip and no other, created by PEYO (Pierre Culliford) with François Walthéry as assistant (Walthéry is the creator of Natacha, the air hostess)

[@sadayu3395]

Please make a video on how to install this mod.

[@bobancirkovic2446]

Do Engineering cameras on this video.

[@loustact]

How do you got the simulator

[@blockblock5193]

CorGiMan 745 Kerbal Space Program

[@honygommendez2339]

@@blockblock5193 incorrect. It's Orbiter.

[@asasnat342]

@@blockblock5193 Dumb kids these days. 🤦‍♂️

[@thomasstarlingcollector8157]

@@asasnat342 ok i think he/she gets the point

[@JaredHernandez-kg2sh]

What game is this

[@apollosaturn5]

Orbiter Spaceflight Simulator