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:
“It is the space inside that gives the drum its sound.”
—Hawaiian saying no. 1189, ‘lelo No’Eau, collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui, Bishop Museum Press, Hawaii (1983)
“Typography tended to alter language from a means of perception and exploration to a portable commodity.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)