STP33 - Celebrating 40 years since STS-1 with David Hitt

<p>This week we take a look at the very first Space Shuttle mission which took place on April 12th 1981. To do this we're joined by the wonderful author David Hitt who wrote the book 'Bold They Rise: The Space Shuttle Early Years'.</p><br><p>David Hitt: <a href="http://davidhitt.net/about/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://davidhitt.net/about/</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhitt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/davidhitt</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thedavidhitt/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/thedavidhitt/</a></p><br><p>STS-1 Youtube playlist of all videos to do with the mission:</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0rc19RXUjIL0gX82DxyKeE7nBH_n8wDi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0rc19RXUjIL0gX82DxyKeE7nBH_n8wDi</a></p><br><p>Remembering Dr. Philip Chapman, 1935 – 2021: <a href="https://space.nss.org/remembering-dr-philip-chapman-1935-2021/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://space.nss.org/remembering-dr-philip-chapman-1935-2021/</a></p><br><p><br></p><p>This week's news:</p><p>Launches: </p><p>Wed 7th April: Space X: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink V1 L23: <a href="https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2678" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2678</a></p><p>Video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy9Jn-3vuPs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy9Jn-3vuPs</a></p><br><p>Thurs 8th April: CASC: Long March 4B | Shiyan-6 03: <a href="https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6755" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6755</a></p><p>Video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV2VjIaXKAk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV2VjIaXKAk</a></p><br><p>Fri 9th April: Roscosmos: Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-18: <a href="https://n