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This spaceport may be a bit more familiar to the average American.

On April 12, 1981, the space shuttle Columbia lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The shuttle was the first reusable spacecraft, and the two solid rocket boosters that launched it were the first to be reused. It was a very risky mission--the first time a manned spacecraft had launched without a test flight.

Photo by NASA