OTD…July 29 and STS-51F

#OTD in 1994, the launch of Columbia on the STS-62 microgravity research mission

Apollo 11 splashed down in the Pacific today in 1969, fulfilling President Kennedy’s challenge to a nation of landing a man to the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.

#OTD in 1998…The launch of Discovery on final shuttle-Mir docking mission