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First space shuttle astronauts mark STS-1 and STS-2 35th anniversaries [i]NASA's first space shuttle launch, 35 years ago, demonstrated that a winged orbiter could lift off like a rocket and land like an airplane, such that it could fly again. For the two astronauts who flew on that second mission — the world's first launch of a "used" orbital spacecraft — the maiden mission, crewed by John Young and Bob Crippen, also cleared a large hurdle for the space shuttle flights that followed — beginning with their own.[/i]
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