apr 12, 1981 - First reusable spacecraft
Description:
Reusable spacecraft was first created and tested in the 1980s. The first space shuttle mission, STS-1, launched on April 12, 1981, aboard the orbiter Columbia. The last shuttle to fly was Atlantis on the STS-135 mission in July 2011 (Sharp space.com).Added to timeline:
Date:
apr 12, 1981
Now
~ 45 years ago