NASA Kennedy Space Center names firing room for first shuttle crew.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-7 April 2006-NASA: NASA Kennedy Space Center names firing room for first shuttle crew(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06042006 In tribute to the 25th anniversary of the first space shuttle flight, NASA's Kennedy Space Center today is honoring the crew of mission STS-1, Commander John Young and Pilot Robert Crippen, by dedicating the firing room that launched the historic flight as the "Young-Crippen Firing Room." The first shuttle mission launched the two astronaut test pilots on April 12, 1981, aboard Space Shuttle Columbia from firing room 1 at Kennedy.

The crew landed two days later at Edwards Air Force Base in California, ending the boldest test flight in history. Center Director Jim Kennedy said, "It is our pleasure on behalf...