IMAGE 0_99\7.Lbm,Rookie Robert Crippen (left) and veteran John Young familiarize themselves with Columbia before the first shuttle flight (STS-1).
IMAGE 600_699\698.Lbm,Training for emergencies in an armoured personnel carrier are the Spacelab 1 crew (from the left): Brewster Shaw, Ulf Merbold, Owen Garriott, John Young, Robert Parker and Byron Lichtenberg.
IMAGE 0_99\20.Lbm,Gemini 3 lifts off the launch pad atop a Gemini-Titan rocket on March 23, 1965. Aboard are Virgil Grissom and John Young.
IMAGE 0_99\30.Lbm,John Young pictured inside the cockpit of Columbia on April 12, 1981, during the first highly successful shuttle flight (STS-1).
IMAGE 0_99\32.Lbm,On April 14, 1981, John Young brings Columbia down to a perfect landing at Edwards Air Force Base to complete the first shuttle mission.
IMAGE 600_699\696.Lbm,The STS-9/Spacelab 1 crew descend from Columbia at Edwards Air Force Base after their highly successful mission. They are, from the bottom: John Young, Brewster Shaw, Robert Parker, Ulf Merbold, Owen Garriott and Byron Lichtenberg.