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First space shuttle astronauts to celebrate 35th flight anniversaries in Houston

Thirty-five years after they launched on board the "world's greatest all-electric flying machine," the astronauts who flew aboard NASA's first two space shuttle missions are set to land in Houston this September for an anniversary celebration.

STS-1 pilot Robert Crippen, STS-2 commander Joe Engle and STS-2 pilot Richard Truly, who with Engle proved that the space shuttle was reusable, will be the honored guests at a dinner on Sept. 17 at Space Center Houston in Texas, the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) announced.

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First space shuttle astronauts mark STS-1 and STS-2 35th anniversaries

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.

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