Das Space Shuttle Columbia kehrte nach der Mission STS-1 im Jahr 1981 sicher auf der Landebahn 23 der Air Force Base zur Erde zurück

STS-1 was a bold step forward in human spaceflight. Unlike earlier spacecraft, Columbia carried no prior orbital test flights and launched with a crew on its very first mission. Engineers closely monitored the performance of the orbiter, solid rocket boosters, and external tank to validate the shuttle as an integrated system. Data gathered from this flight directly influenced safety improvements and paved the way for routine shuttle missions that would later build, supply, and service space stations, satellites, and scientific experiments in orbit.

My first job out of university. I was standing on the top of an econoline van watching the landing and got so excited I fell off!