- Missions (6)
- Columbia (OV-102) Background Columbia, the oldest orbiter in the Shuttle fleet, is named after the Boston, Massachusetts based sloop captained by American Robert Gray. On May 11, 1792, Gray and his crew maneuvered the Columbia past the dangerous sandbar at the mouth of a river extending more than 1, 000 miles through what is today south-eastern British Columbia, Canada, and the Washington-Oregon ...science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/columbia.html
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