NASA space shuttles By Nabely2020 1965 First space walk from a space shuttle Alexei Leonov 1977 Longest mission Voyager 2 pro- lasted 12,758 days Apr 12, 1981 Columbia was the First space shuttle launched into orbit Jun 18, 1983 First women astronaut to fly on the shuttle Sally Ride Nov 15, 1988 First Russian to fly on the American space shuttle 1995 First women to pilot the Space shuttle Eileen Collins Jul 4, 1997 Major missions Oct 15, 1997 Major mission Feb 1, 2003 Two shuttle disasters Columbia Jul 8, 2011 Last space shuttle launched into orbit