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Dec. 12, 1983 - Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen, the prime crew for the Space Shuttle's maiden flight, pause in front of the Space shuttle vehicle in the vehicle assembly building during shuttle interface test activity at the Kennedy space center. behind the crew will climb aboard Columbia and take the space shuttle vehicle on a simulated mission. The mockup flights are part of the Sit - the first major checkout to the space shuttle as an integrated flight since the various flight elements were mated together in the Vab, The simulations are designed to validate primary and backup computer programs used by Columbia's on board flight computers

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Astronauts Backup Checkout Climb Computers Crippen Elements Flights Integrated Interface Maiden Mated Mockup Pause Primary Programs Shuttle Shuttles Simulated Simulations

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