Remembering the shuttle's start

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James Oberg

April 12, 2006

The very first space shuttle mission, on April 12, 1981, almost ended
soon after it began. Fortunately, the unexpected problem was not observed
when it occurred, so the crew and mission control didn't know how frightened
they should have been.