On April 14, 1981, the first space shuttle mission returned to Earth after a two day flight in space.
The space shuttle Columbia safely touched down on Rogers dry lake at Edwards Air Force Base in California, where hundreds of thousands of people showed up to watch.
Only two astronauts were on the shuttle: the pilot, Bob Crippen, and the commander, John Young.
Since this was the maiden voyage of the space shuttle, the only objective for this mission was to see if the shuttle could safely carry the crew to orbit and bring them back down to Earth.
A black and white winged spacecraft touches down on its main gear on a dry lakebed.
Some anomalies were reported, but Columbia and its crew came home safely.
Source: https://www.space.com/39251-on-this-day-in-space.html
