OTD…Oct. 3 and STS-51J October 3, 2015 Justin Ray #OTD in 1985…Atlantis launched on her maiden voyage as a new orbiter joined the shuttle fleet OTDSTS-51J
News April 12, 1981: 35 years since the maiden space shuttle launch April 12, 2016 Justin Ray America’s first space shuttle launched on this day 35 years ago as the reusable flying machine, Columbia, lifted off from Kennedy Space Center with John Young and Bob Crippen aboard.
Uncategorized OTD…Jan. 9 and STS-32 January 9, 2016 Justin Ray #OTD in 1990…Columbia launched to retrieve NASA’s Long duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) on the longest Shuttle flight to date.