On This Day… Endeavour Launches on ASTRO-2 Mission

#OTD in 1985…Atlantis launched on her maiden voyage as a new orbiter joined the shuttle fleet

VIDEO: The winged spaceship Columbia returned to Earth with a pinpoint landing at Edwards Air Force Base on this day 35 years ago, concluding the maiden flight of the space shuttle.

#OTD in 1991…Atlantis launched another of NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellites