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April 12, 1981

1981-04-12 12:00 UTC

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Columbia lifts off

Columbia lifts off
Photo: NASA · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
The first Space Shuttle flight launches twenty years to the day after Gagarin.
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When exactly did columbia lifts off take place?
It is recorded at 1981-04-12 12:00 UTC — April 12, 1981 in Coordinated Universal Time. Every minute in this registry is stored in UTC so it reads the same anywhere in the world.
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No. Museum minutes are curated historical entries held permanently by the registry and are never for sale. The minutes around them can be claimed.
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SHA-256 d7e106bec03ed747f3ba583cff31ad44e450e95f4bd1815f36387faf85d1c39a

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