Clindamycin is also an alternative antibiotic if you are allergic to penicillin. Tooth abscess antibiotics are also used in other areas of general medicine. They just happen to be particularly effective against the bacteria that commonly cause dental infections.
STS-1 Launch. NASA's first Space Shuttle, with an Orbiter named Columbia (Orbiter Vehicle 102), was finally ready for launch on April 10, 1981. The Commander was John Young, the most experienced astronaut, and the Pilot was Robert L. Crippen.
He joined NASA as an astronaut in September 1969 during the Apollo Program. He was on the support crew for the Skylab and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. He was the Pilot of the first flight of the Space Shuttle, STS-1, April 12-14, 1981. He was the Commander of three more Shuttle missions in 1983-84.