“Space Art - “Columbia Launch Fantasy,” Mixed media painting by artist Andreas Nottebohm is his interpretation of the first launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia, April 12, 1981, Kennedy Space Center.
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NASA ID: 82-H-300
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“Space Art - “Columbia Launch Fantasy,” Mixed media painting by artist Andreas Nottebohm is his interpretation of the first launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia, April 12, 1981, Kennedy Space Center.
(NASA Art Program)”
NASA ID: 82-H-300

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Space Shuttle Columbia landing at Edwards Air Force Base after its first flight, completing the STS-1 mission. April 14, 1981.
Earth observations with the tail of Columbia, STS-1
Remember these ? 45 years ago... Tempus Fugit Omega decided to start a new marketing campaign about the Speedmaster chronograph with the title:
Omega Speedmaster Professional. Now in the Space Shuttle.
By November 1978, Omega had delivered a new batch of 56 Omega Speedmaster chronographs to NASA, radial dial Alaska Project III versions but the campaign would focus on the regular Omega Speedmaster for the general public. As a young lad, I was pleasantly surprised that Omega got permission to use the official logo of the upcoming space shuttle Columbia STS-1 mission as they added a Speedmaster beneath the colorful STS-1 mission logo. The STS-1 logo which was designed by famous space art virtuoso Robert McCall in February 1979 and appeared as a NASA photograph in March 1979. Interesting to note Young & Crippen first wore the logo as stickers even during Columbia roll-out ceremony December 20, 1980. The actual STS-1 mission logo cloth patches were worn in January 1981 during Emergency Escape System testing which was also the first time the crew had been on the Launch Complex LC-39 Pad with "Columbia" in place! The campaign remarked that the Omega Speedmaster chronograph was the only piece of equipment used during all US manned space programmes since the dawn of the Space Age! (Photo: Moonwatchuniverse)
STS-1 was not a perfect mission, but it's wild how much more successful that first shot was 44 years ago than the giant firework we have now.

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Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1) Flown Tile Section Limited Edition Presentation.
A small, 0.5" square portion of a thermal tile embedded in a numbered (0322) 3.75" x 2.75" x 1" clear Lucite display. It was "Presented to Doris R. Fennell/ In appreciation of your contribution to the Space Shuttle program" as noted on the front. There is an accompanying folder that reads, in part: "This memento contains a section of thermal protection tile cut from a damaged tile that was removed from the orbiter 'Columbia' after its first mission in space (...) This authenticated tile section was prepared for you as a member of the Kennedy Space Center team (...)"
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tried to recreate that lovely basic worm logo+shuttle line art graphics:
Columbia STS-1 landing at Edwards AFB
STS-1 was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The first orbiter, Columbia, launched on April 12, 1981 and returned on April 14, 1981, 54.5 hours later, having orbited the Earth 36 times. Columbia carried a crew of two – mission commander John W. Young and pilot Robert L. Crippen.