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7 things to know about the space shuttle on 40th anniversary of 1st launch Remember when the giant external tank wasn t orange? Here are some common questions about the space shuttle. Author: Travis Pittman Updated: 3:23 AM CDT April 12, 2021 Monday marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of the first Space Shuttle, Columbia. It also happens to be 60 years since the first human flew into space, Russia s Yuri Gagarin. Here are commonly asked questions about the Space Shuttle program. How many space shuttles were there? Six space shuttles were built, but only five ever flew in space. Enterprise: The first space shuttle never launched, but was used for atmospheric flight tests after being released from the back of a Boeing 747. It was not built for space flight.

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