Space Exploration
- April 12 – The first launch of a Space Shuttle: Columbia launches on the STS-1 mission.
Read more about this topic: 1981 In Science
Famous quotes containing the words space and/or exploration:
“For tribal man space was the uncontrollable mystery. For technological man it is time that occupies the same role.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)
“Typography tended to alter language from a means of perception and exploration to a portable commodity.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)