On This Day… Endeavour Launches on ASTRO-2 Mission

#OTD in 2012…Journey of shuttle Endeavour through Los Angeles begins

NASA’s Kepler planet-finder began its mission to discover Earth-like worlds orbiting other stars in the galaxy today in 2009, successfully launching aboard a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral.

#OTD…Launch of Columbia in 1998 on the Neurolab Spacelab mission