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  • The first Space Shuttle launch in 1981 - lift-off.
    Rights: NASA Published 30 November 2011 Size: 130 KB Referencing Hub media

    The first Space Shuttle launched on 12 April 1981. In future missions, the external tank was left orange instead of painting it white. This saved approximately 272 kg of mass.

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